Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek Jul 21 2006 Clemenceau back home after seven-month towage saga

Decommissioned aircraft carrier is handed back to French navy in Brest after 16,000-mile towage operation, writes Jack Gaston- Friday July 21 2006

FTER a towage operation of was agreed that transfer of ownership would Without waiting for a further ruling 16,000 nautical miles the tug Sable not become effective until shortly before from India’s Supreme Court, President ACape,operated by International arrival in India. Chirac ordered the Clemenceau to return to Towage Contractors of the Netherlands, After a delay in obtaining permission for France. A contract for the return towage has handed over the aircraft carrier the convoy to transit the Suez Canal, the was agreed with the Ministère de Defence Clemenceauto French navy tugs at the Egyptian government finally accepted that and Sumatras was instructed to proceed port of Brest. the vessel was still French government towards Mombasa to rendezvous with the The arrival marked the end of a 135-day property and consequently did not fall under ITC tug Sable Cape. ocean tow that started on December 31 in the terms of the Basel Convention prohibiting The latter vessel, under the command of Toulon behind the French tug Carengue. the export of hazardous and toxic materials. Captain Savinov, rendezvoused with the Two days later, off Corsica, the Activists had submitted that the passage of Clemenceau in mid-March. Thanks to the Clemenceau was taken over by the ITC tug Clemenceau through the canal should be tug’s large fuel capacity of more than 1,500 Sumatras for the voyage to shipbreakers in prohibited under the convention, but on tonnes, Sable Cape completed the entire India via the Suez Canal. The convoy was January 24 the convoy left Suez with the tug tow with Clemenceau from off Mombasa to escorted by French navy frigate Aconit. fully bunkered and Captain Leen van Dijke in Brest via the Cape of Good Hope non-stop During the tow through the command. The French navy boarded the carrier off Mediterranean, Clemenceau was boarded by Further discussions took place at the Dakar for inspection and arrival activists from Greenpeace protesting that highest political level between France and preparations and for the final leg of the asbestos, PCBs and other toxic chemicals India to try to reach an agreement on delivery voyage the tug and tow was escorted by the remained on board the carrier. of the Clemenceau to the shipbreakers. frigate Germinal. The vessel was disarmed and Although the Indian Supreme Court had Ironically, the long round trip confirmed decommissioned in 1997, the French ruled last year that the vessel could be taken that Clemenceau is still a very sound vessel government stating that the majority of the to India after 98% of the asbestos on board with excellent sea keeping qualities and in toxic materials had been removed prior to had been removed, the correct amount of the eyes of ITC was an easy ship to tow. sailing from France and only a small quantity hazardous waste still on board ITC thanked French naval staff for their of 45 tonnes remained. Clemenceauwas disputed. During those talks, “valuable and professional assistance” The 26,000 tonne warship was purchased the tug kept the carrier under way at sea in a saying that the long haul went smoothly on from the French government by the Ship safe location well outside any territorial the high seas with storms restricted to the Decommissioning Industry Corporation but it waters. court and conference rooms.

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Vessel Type Flag Class G T DWT Blt Casualty

ALCANTARA ro-ro CNI BV 3,265 198 1995 Grounded by stern on the Androna rock while attempting to dock in Denia harbour Jul 4. Entered port and 2 metres of water pumped out of engine-room. To be taken to Cartagena for repairs.

ANA B. chem/oil PAN BV 3,545 6,103 1981 Reported Jul 10 aground downriver of Manaus, tanker River Amazon. Salvage contract signed and situation being assessed.

ANNA chemical GEO BV 4,312 7,264 1985 Struck the Kalpaka Bridge in the Karaosta tanker channel, Liepaja, while leaving the port on Jul 12. Sustained minor bow damage and will be towed to Tosmare Shipyard, Liepaja.

ARABIAN SUN product LBR BV 2,467 5,474 1990 Towed into Fujairah Jul 9 after sustaining tanker engine failure and drifting on Jun 25 off Mumbai High oilfield.

BENEGAS lpg PAN NK 6,222 6,110 1981 Had fire while docking at the temper platform in Aqaba Jul 13. Towed to open sea, where fire extinguished and crew removed.

DOLLART GAS lpg CYP GL 4,200 5,688 1990 Reported in lat 25 05N, long 120 21E, Jul 13, with engine problems and loss of power. Crew attempting to repair.

EL MORRO tug USA 191 — 1966 Had fire in engine-room after leaving Barahona Jul 8. Controlled after an hour. Returned to Barahona on one engine and safely moored. Sailed Jul 12 to Las Calderas for repairs.

ENTERPRISE bulker ATG NV 6,389 8,709 1985 Reported Jul 11 drifting in the Bass Strait due to engine trouble. Anchored 140 miles off Melbourne awaiting tug. Under tow for Melbourne Jul 13, where ETA Jul 15.

FIDELITY product PAN — 26,959 44,951 1984 Grounded near Rosario, River Parana, Jul 5. tanker LOF signed with Tsavliris. Refloated by two tugs Jul 10 and awaiting underwater inspection. No damage found. Resumed voyage.

KAPITAN refrig RUS GL 6,369 7,020 1980 In collision with product tanker San Carlo at DUDIN 1 Chittagong outer anchorage Jul 8. Vessel awaiting beaching for scrap.

LASS URANUS general DEU GL 1,512 2,386 1992 In collision with container carrier Xin Fu Zhou on the River Elbe, Jul 12. Severely damaged at the bow. Returned to Hamburg for investigation.

MARIS bulker HND IR 20,854 35,224 1975 "Fallen onto" by product tanker Atlantica I while anchored at Chittagong outer roads Jul 12. Water ingress through hatch No.1. Investigation under way.

POLARIS S. bulker PAN LR 14,951 25,025 1981 Grounded in the Preveza channel, about 2 miles from Preveza, Jul 7. Still aground Jul 13. Two tugs on scene.

SAN CARLO product MLT — 17,672 31,500 1977 In collision with Kapitan Dudin 1 at Chittagong tanker outer anchorage Jul 8. To be scrapped.

XIN FU ZHOU container CHN CS 66,452 69,303 2004 In collision with general cargo Lass Uranus in the River Elbe Jul 12. Proceeded to Brunsbuttel. ETA Hamburg Jul 13 for repairs.

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Reports appear in alphabetical Wijsmuller Salvage BV. Salvors are order under the following assessing the situation prior to headings and relevant page number: commencement of refloating efforts. London, Jul 12 — A SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage report, Marine, including Overdue dated Jul 8, states: SvitzerWijsmuller & Missing Vessels 1 Salvage was contracted on Jul 8 to salve a 109-metre gasoil tanker Port State Control 1 1 A.TURTLE (Combined chemical and oil tank Ana See PXXI. B.) loaded with some 3,600 tons gasoil, Seizures & Arrests 1 1 aground on the Amazon River. The ALCANTARA (Canary Islands) tanker is aground relatively close to London, Jul 6 — A press report, Manaus. Salvage team members from dated today, states: Passenger ro/ro Pipeline Accidents 1 3 the SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage office Alcantara, 3265 gt, built 1995) ran and warehouses in Rio and Macae are aground on its stern on the Androna being mobilised to the site with Pollution 1 3 rock as it was attempting to dock in further back-up from The Netherlands the harbour at Denia on Jul 4. The and Argentina being moved in. Oil Weather & Navigation 1 3 ferry managed to come into port and pollution abatement staff and dock without any of the 17 passengers equipment is also mobilised in as a noticing what had happened, but Earthquakes 1 7 contingency. The currents in the river firemen soon started pumping out the will make the operation more seawater that was starting to flow into complicated. Volcanic Activity 1 7 the ferry as it lay at the quayside, with as much as two metres of water lying in the engine-room. Underwater ANDRE (Hong Kong) Political & Civil Unrest 1 7 Vancouver, Jul 11 — A press report, soldering equipment was called in and dated today, states: At least three the stricken ferry will now be taken to heavily oiled cormorants have died Labour Disputes 2 4 a shipyard in Cartagena to complete and reports of injured wildlife are the repairs. growing as a result of last Tuesday’s London, July 7 — A press report, Awards & Settlements 2 6 (Jul 4) toxic fuel spill in Burrard Inlet. dated July 6, states: Passenger ro/ro The heavy slick, which had settled Alcantara that covers the Eivissa- about half a metre below the surface, Railway Accidents 2 6 Denia route grazed submerged rocks put fish-diving birds such as Tuesday night. The vessel, with 17 cormorants at risk, said Devin Manky, passengers on board, had sailed Miscellaneous 2 7 a wildlife rehabilitator with the Eivissa port 2015 hrs and was due to Wildlife Rescue Association. Several arrive at Denia around 2200 hrs. The Fires & Explosions 2 7 hundred litres of bunker fuel that passengers were not injured, although spilled into Burrard Inlet are still the ferry had water ingress in two being cleaned up. The spill occurred Aviation 3 0 places. The vessel berthed at 2400 hrs when bulker Andre (17040 gt, built and firemen had to drain water from 1995) was being fuelled by a barge just the vessel. The ship will be repaired in Product Recalls 3 6 off Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. the next days in Navantia shipyard, While it is no longer floating in water, Cartagena. Sources of the company the oil is now clinging to the coastline. Port Conditions 3 6 indicated that it hopes that, at the The slick measures half a metre wide most, the ship can be operative in the and extends 800 metres across both middle of July, when the number of Port Conditions charts 3 7 the north and south shore of Burrard reservations are increased. At the Inlet, said Paul Ross, Environment moment, Trasmediterranea is in Canada emergency response co- contact with its clients to notify the ordinator. The thick, tar-like fuel also failure to them and to offer the spread to the Lynnwood Marina where possibility of relocating them to other some 200 boats were affected. ICS company vessels which operate International Petroleum, which owns between Eivissa and Valencia or the barge, has contracted Burrard Alicante, informed a spokeswoman Clean to clean up the slick. Focus from the company. Wildlife, an oiled wildlife response company, is heading the rescue effort. ALEX MAC (U.S.A.) Ross estimated the slick would be Boston, MA, Jul 7 — There are no cleaned up by the end of today at the plans to raise fishing (general) Alex earliest. Transport Canada has Mac. — Lloyd’s Agents. © Lloyd’s MIU 2006 These reports may detained Andre and is investigating. not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval Environment Canada is assisting the ALEXANDRIA (Cyprus) investigation and conducting tests of system, or transmitted in any form or by Limassol, Jul 7 — Fishing (general) the fuel at its Pacific Science Centre any means electronic, mechanical, Alexandria will not be refloated. — lab. The maximum fine under the photographic, recorded or otherise Lloyd’s Agents. without the prior written permission of the Canada Shipping Act’s oil pollution publisher. prevention regulations is $250,000. — AMBAR (Honduras) Lloyd’s Agents. See “Albania” under “Political & Civil London, Jul 12 — A press report, Unrest.” dated Jul 11, states: It is not yet clear who will fund clean-up costs after ANA B. (Panama) 1,000 litres of oil spilled into Burrard London, Jul 10 — Combined chemical Inlet last week. Transport Canada is and oil tank Ana B. (3545 gt, built conducting an investigation into the 1981), with 3,600 tonnes of gasoil, is spill to determine whether bulker currently aground some distance Andre or the barge that was refuelling downriver of Manaus, on the River it is responsible for the spill that Amazon. Lloyd’s Standard Form occurred off of Lonsdale Quay in North salvage contract has been signed with Vancouver on Jul 4. Both the vessel

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1 Marine and the barge have been examined by three to four knots. In the more at the appeal hearing in late May. His Transport Canada, and while Andre sheltered Gulf of Oman speeds of upto lawyer said then that he had been has since left Vancouver, wildlife 7.5 knots were achieved. The close to detained at sea, although a lawyer rescue crews are still on scene this 950 mile rescue-tow itself was representing victims’ families claimed week treating oil-slicked seabirds. completed in eight days. that he had known about the hearing Burrard Clean Operations has been for months, saying his failure to mopping up the spill zone that ASIAN GREEN (Panama) appear showed lack of respect for the stretched about 800 metres on either Yokohama, Jul 11 — General cargo court and had shocked the families. side of the Second Narrows Bridge, Asian Green: Following the grounding Captain Babeyev was accused of which is also home to hundreds of at Akashi Strait, vessel arrived causing death accidentally and failure nesting cormorants. So far, 42 birds Kakogawa 0245, Jul 2, and sailed to assist persons in danger after an have been affected and at least three 0539, Jul 4. — Lloyd’s Agents. incident involving Marmara Princess have died, but the general rule is that and Beau Rivage, 25 km south-east of “for every animal you’re able to ATLANTICA I (Panama) Belle Ile, off the southern coast of capture or spot, there’s at least 10 See Maris. Brittany, on Feb 26, 2001. The court more that pass away or you just don’t heard that the fishing vessel was notice,” said Devin Manky, senior BALTIC FJORD (Norway) overturned by the bow wave of wildlife rehabilitator with the Wildlife London, Jul 12 — A press report, Marmara Princess, which was on its Rescue Association of BC. Transport dated Jul 8, states: A fire broke out in way from Hamburg to Turkey with a Canada’s investigation is expected to the hold of general cargo Baltic Fjord cargo of used cars. Marmara Princess wrap up next month. on the afternoon of Jul 4 in the port of had come in close to shore to avoid Paljasaare, Tallinn. After an explosion expected bad weather and, according ANNA (Georgia) in a fuel tank in the evening, the to the prosecutor, had come too close London, Jul 13 — Following received vessel was on fire until the next to Beau Rivage, which had priority from Riga MRCC, dated today: morning. Six fire-engines were unable over it. Captain Babeyev’s defence Chemical tanker Anna (4312 gt, built to extinguish the fire during the night, team argued that the fishing vessel 1985) struck the Kalpaka Bridge in it was finally extinguished by could have been overturned by a the Karaosta channel, Liepaja, in lat research/Buoy ship Eva- 316 with its natural wave rather than the one 56 32.6N, long 21 00.2E, at 1205, fire pumps. In order to avoid an oil cause by Marmara Princess and UTC, Jul 12, while leaving port. The spill, oil booms were placed in the port claimed that the fishing vessel was vessel sustained minor bow damage entrance. There were no injuries. overloaded and that its drains were above the waterline and will be towed Tallinn, Jul 12 — The fire on board blocked. The master was also accused to Tosmare Shipyard, Liepaja. general cargo Baltic Fjord was of having failed to assist one of the extinguished at 0850, Jul 5. fishermen on board the Beau Rivage ARA ZEEBRUGGE (Cyprus) Subsequent damage inspection who had remained on the hull of the London, Jul 9 — Following received revealed extensive damage having upturned vessel for up to half an hour from Coastguard Solent MRSC, timed been sustained to the vessel aft of after it had capsized. The defence 0908, UTC: General cargo Ara amidships, including outer hull, cargo argued that he had raised the alarm Zeebrugge (3815 gt, built 1991) area and engine-room, which are and thrown lifebelts to the fishermen Antwerp for Zeebrugge, has anchored beyond economic repair. The vessel but said Marmara Princess’ liferaft and is waiting for parts for a defected was undocked Jul 8, after closing could not have reached the fishing turbine in lat 50 32.5N, long 000 openings in the hull, and is presently vessel against the wind and the 05.1W at about 0838, UTC. The parts at Lennusadam, Tallinn, awaiting current. are being delivered via courier to a further instructions. — Lloyd’s private launch arranged by Newhaven Agents. BENEGAS (Panama) port control. Amman, Jul 13 — Liquid Petroleum London, Jul 10 — Following received BANGLAR SHOURABH Gas Carrier Benegas (6222 gt, built from Coastguard Solent MRSC, timed (Bangladesh) 1981) has severe damages after 2316, UTC, Jul 9: General cargo Ara Chittagong, Jul 11 — The situation of experiencing an explosion while at Zeebrugge is now under way, bound for crude oil tanker Banglar Shourabh Aqaba port today. — Lloyd’s Agents. Waterford. remains unaltered. Mr. Shah Alam, London, Jul 13 — A press report, General Manager, Claims Department, dated today, states: Liquid Petroleum ARABIAN SUN (Liberia) Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, has Gas Carrier Benegas loaded with 4,200 London, Jul 11 — Understand advised that the vessel will be shifted tonnes of liquid gas caught fire this salvage services rendered to product from its present location/position to a morning while docking at the temper tanker Arabian Sun (2467 gt, built safe area to avoid any possible platform in Aqaba port, according to 1990) Jun 25, under LOF 2000 by siltations. — Lloyd’s Agents. official sources. The sources added SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage B.V after it that the ship, operated by a Jordanian sustained engine failure, subsequently BEACON 3 (Belize) maritime company, had caught fire towed to Fujairah. (Note — Arabian London, Jul 6 — Container carrier during unloading. The ship had Sun arrived Fujairah at 0700, Jul 9.) Beacon 3 was reported arriving at already unloaded 2,144 tonnes of gas London, Jul 12 — A Alang, India, on May 26, to be broken- and was later towed to the open sea SvitzerWijsmuller report, states: up. where the crew members were SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage on Jul 8 evacuated and those injured rushed to safely re-delivered 86 metre long BEAU RIVAGE (France) Princess Haya Hospital in Aqaba, the product tanker (product tanker London, Jul 10 — A French court has sources noted. Arabian Sun) at Fujairah anchorage issued a warrant for the arrest of the London, Jul 13 — A fire, which broke after tug Svitzer Muharraq had taken master of roll on roll off Marmara out on Liquid Petroleum Gas Carrier the casualty in tow just off the Princess, involved in a fatal accident Benegas this morning has been Mumbai High oilfield. The vessel had with trawler Beau Rivage off the extinguished after it was towed drifted for some time when Svitzer French coast five years ago after outside territorial waters near Aqaba. Muharraq departed from its station sentencing him to two years in prison. “It took a couple of hours and the fire position in the Gulf of Oman Jun 26 The appeal court in Rennes followed was brought completely under and was able to connect up to the the plea of the public prosecutor in control,” Fawaz Kalaldeh, the general casualty on Jun 30, some 14 miles off imposing the prison sentence and manager of Philadelphia Shipping an oil platform. The convoy then banning the master for life from ship Agency, the vessel’s agent, said. The headed towards the Gulf of Oman and command after he had appealed fire broke out in the tanker carrying despite heavy SW-monsoon conditions against an earlier suspended two-year 4,200 tonnes of cargo as it was in the Indian Ocean, the largest prison sentence. Captain Aliman unloading. The cargo, used for section of the route, Svitzer Muharraq Babeyev, 51, was not in court to hear household consumption, had been and its tow were able to make at least the judgment and also failed to appear brought from LPG storage tanks in

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2 Marine northern Suez. Authorities were still Cristobal with the assistance of two this, please contact the nearest investigating the cause of the fire tugs and subsequently berthed at maritime authority. which caused “minor” damage to the Manzanillo International Terminal to London, Jul 12 — Container Carrier vessel and its shipment, Kalaldeh discharge all remaining cargo, which Clan Intrepid arrived Rio Grande said. At least four of the crew were had been destined to Savannah. The (Bra) Jul 8 and sailed Jul 9. taken to hospital for treatment but vessel was then returned to Cristobal there were no reports of any deaths, anchorage for further examination. COLUMBIA (U.S.A.) hospital sources said. Owners will now decide their next London, Jul 10 — A press report, course of action. — Lloyd’s Agents. dated Jul 7, states: A day after a BETSIAMITES (Canada) damaged generator was removed, London, Jul 7 — Barge Betsiamites BULOU NI CEVA (Fiji) passenger ro/ro Columbia is expected (5279 gt, built 1968), towed by tug London, Jul 7 — A press report, to make its scheduled departure for Ocean Echo 2, was reported taking on dated today, states: Insurers of the Alaska today. Crews cut open decking water in lat 48 45N, long 64 18W, at Kadavu Holdings island passenger in the vessel’s engine-room yesterday 1002, local time, Jul 6.. Tug and barge (cruise) Bulou Ni Ceva returned last to remove a damaged generator for en route Gaspe for inspection. night from inspecting the ship aground repair. Despite the operation, the off Rotuma. Kadavu company manager Alaska Marine Highway System BILLY STAR (Philippines) Ratu Sela Nanovo said representatives expected the vessel to keep its See “Typhoon “Chanchu”’ under of Aon Risk, the insurance broker, and scheduled departure time, using a “Weather & Navigation.” Dominion Insurance were expected to back-up generator. The generator meet with Kadavu Holdings today to delayed Columbia a week ago off the BINA (Indonesia) discuss options. The province needs to coast of Vancouver Island. The vessel Chittagong, Jul 10 — Pacific determine whether to salve the vessel. arrived at Ketchikan on Sunday (Jul Shipping Lines, Chittagong, local Ratu Sela said he would tell the media 2) for minor repairs. It sailed back to agent of product tanker Bina (998 gt, of developments after the meeting. Bellingham this week to allow workers built 1969), advise vessel is presently London, Jul 8 — A press report, to repair the damaged generator. The lying in Myanmar Port and taking dated today, states: The owners of US Coast Guard and the American some repair works on its generator. An passenger (cruise) Bulou Ni Ceva plan Bureau of Shipping approved the engineer team has come in Myanmar to siphon the fuel into empty drums to vesseløs departure early this to board the vessel from Indonesia avoid an environmental disaster. afternoon. The vessel will leave with a tug for repair works. All crew Kadavu Holdings Company’s manager Bellingham while Industrial Electric remain onboard the vessel. Vessel Ratu Sela Nanovo said 36 drums of 30- in Seattle re-coils the damaged expected to arrive at Chitttagong outer litre capacity were being transferred generator, Chambers said. Chambers anchorage on Jul 13, as per today’s to fill the 200-litres of fuel that is did not have an estimate for how long berthing sheet issued by Chittagong estimated to be in the vessel. Mr the repairs would take. Port authority. — Lloyd’s Agents. Nanovo said the company has taken London, Jul 12 — Passenger ro/ro (Note — Understand Bina is on break- the initiative to prevent an oil spill Columbia reported a fire in the up voyage from Indonesia to from happening if the ship sustained engine-room near Separation Head, Bangladesh.) more damage. Department of Discovery Passage, BC, in lat 50 Environment director Epeli Nasome 11.00N, long 125 21.36W, at 0444, Jul BLACK PRINCE (Bahamas) said the safety of the transfer of fuel 1. Fire was extinguished and power See “Outbreak of Virus on Bahamas from the ship to drums rested solely on was restored to both engines and the Vessel” under “Miscellaneous.” the system used. “It all depends on the vessel proceeded to Duncan Bay, BC. fuel transfer system used because it No injuries reported. BRN-211 (Russia) should be checked for drips,” said Mr London, Jul 12 — Passenger ro/ro Moscow, Jul 7 — A press report, Nasome. “The department should have Columbia arrived and sailed Juneau dated Jun 30, states: Barge BRN-211 been consulted on the spill but that Jul 10. grounded at the rapids in the Lower hasn’t happened and I hope the Tunguska River, the press service of National Oil Spills Committee has CONRAD OLDENDORFF (Malta) the Siberian Regional Centre of the been consulted,” he said. “The London, Jul 10 — Information Ministry for Emergencies reported. committee is normally consulted at received from Kiel, dated today, states: According to the navigation company’s times like this when there is a fear of Bulker Conrad Oldendorff was traffic control service, the towline to oil spill, on the best and safest way of salvaged by the tugs Stevns Iceflower the barge broke 81 miles from the transferring fuel from the ship.” Mr and Stevns Icecap under contract of estuary at 0130, Jun 29. As a result, Nasome said members of the Tsavliris. It was then inspected by the barge sustained a hull breach. It committee included the Maritime divers and reloaded. It had run was towed to the bank and is lying Department, National Fire Authority, aground on the way from Poland to half-sunk. A salvage team from the the oil companies and the Alexandria. Ministry for Emergencies was sent by Environment Department. However, helicopter from the village of Tura to he understood that two Marine CONSING (Philippines) the accident site. It was established Department staff had been to Lopta Manila, Jul 7 — The refloating of the that there was no oil spillage from the and may have advised the ship sunken landing craft Consing breach, although small oil spots were owners. continues to be beset by problems. detected on the surface of the river. A Suva, Jul 10 — Passenger (cruise) Officials of Hanjin Heavy Industries, vessel was sent to the accident site Bulou Ni Ceva is still aground and no charterers of the Consing, said that from Tura to pump out some of the oil salvage operations are in progress. — the recovery of the vessel has been in and help to refloat the barge. — Lloyd’s Agents. delayed by the untimely demise of one Lloyd’s Agents. the senior salvors working on the CLAN INTREPID vessel. The man fell sick and had to be BSLE ENDURANCE (Cyprus) (Antigua & Barbuda) rushed to a hospital where he later Balboa, Jul 7 — General cargo BSLE London, Jul 10 — Following died. Salvage work had to be stopped Endurance (18792 gt, built 1978), Argentinian Navigation Warning until a replacement arrived, Hanjin which recently sailed northbound issued today: Seven containers from officials said. Apart from the death of through the Panama Canal, returned container carrier Clan Intrepid (25637 a key salvage technician, bad weather to Cristobal with rudder stock gt, built 1999) reported adrift at 2223, has also forced salvors to halt difficulties at 1532, Jul 6. — Lloyd’s UTC, Jul 5, in the following positions: operations yesterday. Hanjin officials Agents. (Note — BSLE Endurance Three containers reported in lat 34 said that the engine-room remains sailed Higashi-Harima Jun 7 for 28S, long 52 43W, three containers flooded and they have received no Baltimore.) reported in lat 34 28S, long 52 32W, word when salvors will resume Balboa, Jul 11 — General cargo and one container reported in lat 34 pumping out seawater from the vessel. BSLE Endurance vessel returned to 12S, long 52 39W. Any news or sight of In the meantime, the Subic Bay

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Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Asia, originated in Congo. Hong Kong has some canola seed on board as well Ecology Department has given the police, however, would only confirm as the soda ash and will be towed to owners of the Consing until Jul 11, to that Congo was the point of Melbourne. remove the vessel or face an additional embarkation. The three men, who London, Jul 13 — Following received fine of US$5,000. — Lloyd’s List have not been identified, had been from Australia RCC, timed 1130, UTC: Correspondent. (See issue of Jun 28.) dead for two to three weeks and that Bulker Enterprise is now under tow for Manila, Jul 11 — Landing craft their bodies had decayed. The three Melbourne, where ETA am, local time, Consing was raised today, South men were not registered as vessels Jul 15. Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy crew and police suspect they were Industries reported. She is now being illegal immigrants, Hung said. The FASSA (Malta) prepared for towing to undergo repairs exact cause of the deaths was not Balboa, Jul 7 — During laden in a shipyard in Navotas, Manila. immediately known, the police southbound transit of Panama Canal Manila-based Asian Shipping Corp, spokesman said. The container in bulker Fassa (30936 gt, built 2006) owner and operator of the vessel, which the bodies were found had a reportedly made contact with the undertook the refloating of the vessel. hole in it that is believed to have been center wall of Pedro Miguel Locks at — Lloyd’s List Correspondent. used by the smugglers for breathing. about 1800, Jul 5, sustaining some Police plan to inspect the other indentation to port side shell plating. CORNUCOPIA PRINCESS (U.S.A.) containers on the vessel today. Master requested official investigation London, Jul 12 — A cluster of pylons into incident and which held late that protect the Veterans Pier broke DIAGORAS (Greece) yesterday afternoon. Vessel sailed Friday (Jul 7) night, when a tow rope See “Dodekanisiaki Anonymos Balboa at 2120, Jul 6,bound South bringing the Cornucopia Cruise Line Naftiliaki Etairia” under “Seizures & Korea. Understand temporary repairs to safe harbor snapped, causing the Arrests.” were not required here and internals passenger (cruise) Cornucopia to be inspected upon completion of Princess (99 gt, built 1978) to strike DOLLART GAS (Cyprus) discharge. — Lloyd’s Agents. the pier. No one was injured, and London, Jul 13 — Following received structural engineers gave the pier a from Taipei RCC, timed 0815, UTC: FEDJEFJORD (Norway) clean bill of health, according to Liquid Petroleum Gas Carrier Dollart London, Jul 11 — Information Mayor Dan Reiman. Shortly after Gas (4200 gt, built 1990), loaded, was received from Sandnes, dated Jul 10, 2300, Friday, police learned the vessel, reported in lat 25 05N, long 120 21E, states: Roll on roll off Fedjefjord (2232 returning from a dinner cruise, had at 0300, UTC, today with engine gt, built 2001) grounded near the quay required a tow due to an engine problems and loss of power. Crew are at Fedje at 1700, local time, Jul 6. A malfunction. TugMegan McAllister trying to repair the vessel. No diving inspection was carried out but was bringing the cruise vessel to the assistance has been requested. Vessel’s no damage was found. Roll on roll off pier when the tow rope snapped. The local agent has been requested to Jondal replaced the vessel, which is pylons are designed to protect the pier, advise Taipei RCC if assistance now at Saevroy awaiting some and they did what they were designed required. equipment. for, according to the mayor. No one on the pier, or on the vessel, required EASLINE TIANJIN (Singapore) FIDELITY (Panama) medical attention. The New Jersey See “Typhoon ‘Ewiniar’ “ under Piraeus, Jul 6 — Product tanker State Police and U.S. Coast Guard “Weather & Navigation.” Fidelity (26959 gt, built 1984), bound were called to the scene and China with 33,000 tonnes soya bean participated in the investigation, said oil, grounded near Rosario, River EL MORRO (U.S.A.) Reiman. London, Jul 10 — Following received Parana, at about 2300, local time, Jul from Coast Guard Boston, timed 1320, 5. Vessel is still aground. LOF will hopefully be signed later today. — COSA (Antigua & Barbuda) UTC: Tug El Morro (191 gt, built Bremen, Jul 10 — General cargo Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd. 1966), which left Barahona, Cosa (4255 gt, built 1972), leaving Piraeus, Jul 7 — Product tanker Dominican Republic, approximately Bremen Industriehafen at 0655, Jul 9 Fidelity: Tugs Ona Temple and Don 1525, local time, Jul 8, for Las struck a embankment. Bremen Water Vicente arrived on scene this morning Calderas dry dock to complete a load- police did not allow the vessel to leave and are preparing to commence the port. The vessel had been line inspection, had fire in engine- refloating efforts. — Tsavliris Salvage transferred to Kap Horn / Weserkaje. room about 1625, local time, same day. (International) Ltd. In the meantime the vessel has left for The fire was contained approximately London, Jul 7 — Product tanker Las Palmas. — Lloyd’s Agents. (Note 1725 hrs and the vessel started one of Fidelity: Lloyd’s Standard Form — Cosa sailed Bremen at 0110, Jul 9.) its engines and was able to return to salvage contract was signed with Barahona about 1940 hrs, where it is Tsavliris Salvage. CREACH (Cambodia) now safely moored. Buenos Aires, Jul 7 — Product London, Jul 11 — General cargo Santo Domingo, Jul 12 — Tug El tanker Fidelity grounded at km 315 on Creach sailed Diliskelesi Jul 6. Morro sailed from Barahona today, left margin on its way from San bound to Las Calderas to undergo Lorenzo to Bahia Blanca at 2250, local DELMAS FORBIN some repairs. — Lloyd’s Agents. time, Jul 5. Vessel had a draught of (French Southern Territories) 10.04 metres, and was loaded with London, Jul 9 — A press report, ENTERPRISE 22.176 tonnes of soya oil. Main dated today, states: The bodies of (Antigua & Barbuda) channel in-outbound traffic not three African men were discovered London, Jul 12 — Following received interrupted. — Lloyd’s Agents. onboard Container Carrier Delmas from Australia RCC, timed 2302, UTC, Piraeus, Jul 10 — Product tanker Forbin (18334 gt, built 2003) moored Jul 11: Bulker Enterprise (6389 gt, Fidelity was refloated with the aid of in Hong Kong waters, police said built 1985) was reported at 0900, the two tugs this morning and an today. The vessels officials first found UTC, Jul 10, to be drifting in the Bass underwater inspection is scheduled in one of the bodies outside a container Strait due to engine trouble. the next few hours. — Tsavliris and contacted Hong Kong police, who London, Jul 12 — Following received Salvage (International) Ltd. discovered another two bodies inside from the managers of bulker Piraeus, Jul 13 — Product tanker one of the containers on the vessel Enterprise, dated today: Enterprise Fidelity: Underwater inspection yesterday, spokesman Edwin Hung has cargo on board, including a revealed no damage and vessel said. A police spokesman said the trio quantity of soda ash. Vessel is resumed voyage Jul 11. — Tsavliris were suspected of trying to smuggle currently anchored 140 miles off Salvage (International) Ltd. themselves out of Africa, a regular Melbourne, awaiting tug, which is due port of call for the vessel. The vessel, on scene in the very near future. FOLEGANDROS (Greece) which frequently carries cargo London, Jul 12 — Bulker Enterprise London, Jul 7 — Owners and between West Africa and Southeast sailed from Adelaide on Jul 8. Vessel Managers of product tanker

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Folegandros report that they have 1355, UTC: Production platform Grand LASS URANUS (Germany) concluded a salvage contract with Isle 9A had explosions and fire on board London, Jul 13 — Information Smit International in respect of the after an electrical spark ignited received from Kiel, dated today, states: lightering and refloating of the double- hydrogen sulphide nine miles offshore Container Carrier Xin Fu Zhou (66452 hull tanker, which remains aground in Grand Isle Block 9, in lat 29 10.7N, long gt, built 2004) collided with general the Maracaibo Channel, Venezuela. It 89 53.7W, at 0941, UTC, Jul 8. Damage cargo Lass Uranus (1512 gt, built is hoped that the situation will be was sustained to control-room, 1992), homeport Rostock, length 70 m, resolved by Jul 9/10. accommodation and some external when trying to outrun it leaving London, Jul 11 — Crude Oil Tanker structures but there was no pollution. Hamburg towards the North Sea on Folegandros is still aground. Lloyd’s One man was killed and another the Elbe at Finkenwerder/Airbus Yard, Standard Form salvage contract was injured, while the rest of the personnel at 1415, Jul 12. The hull of Xin Fu signed on Jul 7 with SMIT Salvage were safely evacuated. Fire was Zhou was torn up over a length of BV. SMIT are working with tugs and extinguished by two offshore supply eight metres. Lass Uranus was barges from Terminales Maracaibo; vessels. severely damaged at the bow. Lass barges will be utilised to lighter Uranus, carrying fertiliser, suddenly approximately 5,000 tonnes of crude HEALTHY FALCON (Vietnam) turned when the other vessel was oil in order to facilitate refloating. London, Jul 13 — Product tanker outrunning it. It returned to Hamburg Lightering operations are being Healthy Falcon sailed Zhangjiagang Jul and berthed at Holthusenkai. Here it prepared at present. 13 for Vietnam. was investigated in regard of technical faults. Xin Fu Zhou was not able to GALAXY-1 (Mongolia) IBERIA (Georgia) turn around on the Elbe and Karachi, Jul 7 — Karachi Port Trust See “Belgium” under “Port State proceeded to Brunsbuttel. It is and Operating Agent of vessel Galaxy-1 Control”. expected back in Hamburg Jul 13, and have advised that the vessel was towed will berth at the Predohlkai for by KPT tugs and was moored in the IRAN SHARIAT (Iran) repairs. The police started inner harbour (Baba Pull Mooring) at London, Jul 6 — Bulker Iran Shariat investigations in Brunsbuttel and 1500 hrs, Jul 3. The vessel’s previous (25168 gt, built 1983), cargo metal, Hamburg using radar records and port of call was Cebu, Philippines. It struck the jetty in the port of radio traffic. (Note — Lass Uranus was in ballast and had eight Iranian Becancour, Quebec, St.Lawrence river, sailed Hamburg 1405, Jul 12, for crew on board. The vessel had no fuel Jun 10. Minor damage sustained. (Note Thamesport, and according to LMIU on board. Therefore the main engine — Iran Shariat sailed Singapore May 3, AIS was in lat 53 50.23N, long 09 had stopped and the vessel was drifting passed Gibraltar May 29, and was 24.7E, at 0631, Jul 13. Xin Fu Zhou towards Karachi. The vessel had also reported still in port at Becancour on sailed Hamburg 1410, Jul 12, for lost its anchors during its passageand Jun 16.) Antwerp, and according to LMIU AIS therefore arrived at Karachi with no was in lat 53 31.31N, long 09 55.30E anchor. Fuel oil was supplied at IRON PRINCE (Isle of Man) at 0716, Jul 13.) Karachi and Galaxy-1 sailed Karachi at London, Jul 10 — Dardanelles vessel 1300 hrs, Jul 5, bound for Bandar traffic is suspended for northbound and MARIAM IV (Panama) Abbas. The vessel is a barge type with southbound passages on at 0700, local London, Jul 6 — A press report, a ramp opening forward, has a LOA of time, Jul 1, because of bulker Iron dated today, states: Six seamen 68 metres, is 388 gt and 355 nt. — Prince (82830 gt, built 1995) not under perished and 13 were rescued when Lloyd’s Agents. command at Nara Corner. (Note — Iron their Panama-flagged vessel (general Prince arrived and sailed Istanbul Jul cargo Mariam IV) sank in bad weather 3, subsequently arrived Constantza Jul in the Indian Ocean off the coast of GENOA (Bahamas) 4.) Ponta Delgada, Jul 7 — Refrigerated Yemen, the official Yemeni news agency general cargo Genoa completed turbo- Saba reported today. The vessel, owned charger repairs and is now proceeding IZVORUL MARE 1 by a company in the United Arab Bucharest, Jul 12 — Pusher tug Emirates, was carrying 5,000 tonnes of on her voyage to Gibraltar. — Lloyd’s Izvorul Mare 1: Salvors are still cement from Oman to Tanzania when it Agents. working on cutting of portal crane, about 60% of its structure being went down Wednesday near Yemen’s GEORGE COBB (U.S.A.) reportedly removed to date. — Lloyd’s Socotra island, the agency said. The London, Jul 12 — A sewage Agents. Yemeni coast guard and vessels from byproduct leaked from a pipe aboard “friendly” countries operating in the tender George Cobb (903 gt, built KAPITAN DUDIN 1 (Russia) area managed to rescue 13 seamen and 2000) docked at Terminal Island Chittagong, Jul 11 — Product tanker to retrieve the bodies of six others. yesterday and left people with minor San Carlo (17672 gt, built 1977) while Saba said the crew was of different injuries, authorities said. The problem manoeuvring at “B” anchorage, nationalities but did not give a aboard the 175-foot cutter docked at Chittagong outer anchorage at about breakdown. Martime traffic at this Berth 240 at 1001 S. Seaside Ave., was 0945, Jul 8, in an attempt to anchor it time of year is frequently disturbed by reported about 0735 hrs, Brian Ballton to a suitable anchor position, starboard waves four to nine metres high off of the Los Angeles Fire Department accommodation area of own vessel came Socotra. said. A hazardous materials team was in contact with Kapitan Dudin 1 (6369 London, Jul 8 — A press report, sent to the scene, Ballton said. The gt, built 1980). Reportedly, San Carlo dated today, states: One more Indian three men who came in contact with has also been sold as scrap and crewman of general cargo Mariam IV, hydrogen sulfide that leaked from a currently awaiting completion of which sank off the Yemeni island of connector pipe were treated at a formalities before it can be beached. Socotra due to bad weather two days hospital and listed in good condition. Owners do not intend to effect any back, has died, bringing the toll in the The leak was under investigation. repairs. Kapitan Dudin 1 has already accident to seven. The death toll in the been declared as a vessel for scrap and incident, as of now, stands at seven. GORKY (Antigua & Barbuda) was awaiting beaching. — Lloyd’s London, Jul 13 — According to Agents. MARIE CLAIRE (U.K.) Cartagena Port Authority general London, Jul 9 — Following received cargo Gorky (2914 gt, built 1997), in KARIM I (Cambodia) from Coastguard Falmouth MRCC, tow of tug Vitus from Algeria, is due at Bucharest, Jul 12 — General cargo timed 0923 today: Fishing (general) Escombreras at 1000 today for repairs Karim I sunk at Constantza May 29: Marie Claire (157 gt, built ) in lat 49 following main engine problems. Salvors have succeeded in lifting the 07.7N, long 06 17.0W, taking water in vessel so that the forecastle deck was engine-room. Coastguard pump GRAND ISLE 9A visible above water but the buoyancy lowered from rescue 193 and escorted (production platform) could not be maintained and the salvors into Newlyn Harbour by St.Marys and London, Jul 10 — Following received should resume dewatering of fore Penlee lifeboat. Operations terminated from Coast Guard New Orleans, timed compartments. — Lloyd’s Agents. 0911, UTC.

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Falmouth, Jul 12 — Fishing Marie of its arrival, but Midnight Rider has (118 gt, built 1987) that was taking on Claire arrived Newlyn at 1015 hrs, Jul not moved. The state jumped in to find water approximately 14 miles north- 9. It’s problem was quickly resolved a way to remove the vessel from the east of South Padre Island. The five and the trawler returned to sea later beach after Coast Guard officials person crew of the vessel called for that day. — Lloyd’s Agents. basically washed their hands of help at about 0100 hrs stating that responsibility, said Edgartown they had four feet of water in the MARINA STAR (Bahamas) harbour-master Charlie Blair. Mr. engine-room and needed immediate Genoa, Jul 10 — General cargo Blair said members of the state’s assistance. A motor life boat crew was Marina Star arrived Genoa 1700, Jul Congressional delegation were asked dispatched from Coast Guard Station 7, in tow, and repairs in drydock to to help last week after it appeared the South Padre Island and were able to screw and rudder damage are expected boat might remain where it sat while control the flooding with portable to last five days: The vessel will then various parties tried to decide who dewatering pumps. A helicopter was recover its route for Algeria. — Lloyd’s would remove it. Yesterday, Capt. also sent from Naval Air Station Agents. Charles Mitchell of Mitchell Towing Corpus Christi. The helicopter crew and Salvage Company, based in lowered an additional dewatering MARIS (Honduras) Fairhaven, said that his company is pump allowing the rescue crews to Chittagong, Jul 13 — A local evaluating a contract offered by the finish pumping water out of the newspaper reports: A massive accident state for what he described as “wreck distressed vessel. The rescue boat took place at Chittagong port outer removal.” Mitchell Towing was the low crew made repairs to a broken pipe anchorage when one ship fell on to bidder in the state search. Captain that was causing the flooding. The another. A cement clinker carrying Mitchell said he was not satisfied with Coast Guard remained on scene foreign vessel sustained leakage in the the contract that the state presented throughout the day while Mom & bottom due to the accident. The him, because it would have made him Dad’s sister ship, fishing Letisha Chittagong Port Authority and and his company liable for damages of Trinnea was enroute to assist. Letisha Mercantile Marine Department formed any sort that might occur in the Trinnea arrived on scene and is two separate committees to removal process, for instance an oil currently towing Mom & Dad to investigate the accident. According to spill. Mr. Mitchell drafted a contract Brownsville, TX. The Coast Guard will sources, bulker Maris (20854 gt, built that would suit him and sent it off to continue to monitor the situation until 1975) arrived at Chittagong port on state officials, but no agreement has the vessels are safely in harbour. Jul 6 carrying 35,000 tonnes of cement been reached. Mr. Mitchell said that if clinker for Shan Cement. The vessel a contract can be agreed to, he is NAPOCOR POWER BARGE 105 was discharging cargo onto a lighter prepared to begin work as early as (Philippines) vessel at the outer anchorage. Product tomorrow, weather permitting. Mr. Manila, Jul 11 — Initial findings by tanker Atlantica I (18092 gt, built Mitchell said that his tug Jaguar, is Cunningham Toplis Phils. Inc., 1978) arrived at Chittagong port outer unable to get closer than half a mile insurance adjusters representing the anchorage yesterday, to await break- away from Midnight Rider because of Government Service Insurance System up and when it was preparing to the shallow water, so Tuesday he and (GSIS), point to a fuel hose which anchor at about 1200 hrs, in very his crew loaded more than half a mile burst due to excessive pressure as the rough seas, it fell onto the anchored of towing hawser onboard Jaguar, cause of the fire which engulfed barge Maris. Panic spread over the whole of along with other necessary equipment, Napocor Power Barge 105, sources at the outer anchorage. The bottom of in preparation for the work. Shortly the National Power Corporation hatch No 1 of Maris sustained after the scalloper first went aground (Napocor) said. No decision has yet leakage. There are 3,000 tonnes of during the early hours of Jul 1, Kevin been made as to whether the power clinker in this hatch. Following the Arrula, the owner and master of barge will be repaired or declared a accident the Indian master, Ibrahim Midnight Rider, hired Tucker-Roy total loss as the adjusters are Pria, of Atlantica I suffered a heart Marine Towing and Salvage Company continuing their investigation, attack, was rescued, in a senseless to remove her. But removal of the Napocor officials added. In the condition by the Coast Guard and uninsured vessel has now become the meantime, the state-owned power brought ashore. At present Capt. headache of the EOEA. According to generation company announced that it Ibrahim is under treatment at the Lieutenant James Weaver of Coast was deploying a 10-megawatt naval hospital. A committee consisting Guard Sector Southeastern New generating set to Masbate island in of two members, Engineer surveyor England, the switch of responsibility the next two weeks to normalise the Mr. Serajul Islam of Mercantile occurred because the owner was power situation in the area. Napocor Marine Department and Dock master judged to be financially unable to said this was a stop-gap measure until Capt. Faridul Alam of Chittagong Port remove the boat. “The Coast Guard the Napocor Power Barge 105 could Authority has been formed. The federalized the project,” Lieutenant either be repaired or replaced with committee is directed to report within Weaver explained, “which means that another power barge. Napcor Power one week. A separate committee has they accessed the oil spill liability Barge 105 supplies about 80 percent of been formed by the Chittagong Port trust fund. We were allowed to hire a Masbate islandøs power needs. Since Authority. It is learned that these two contractor to go on board to remove it caught fire on Jun 23, the island has committee will start working from fuel and oil from the boat. That’s been suffering from frequent and today. — Lloyd’s Agents. pretty much the extent of our widespread power outages. — involvement in the vessel. We don’t Lloyd’sList Correspondent. MARMARA PRINCESS (Turkey) use that trust fund for salvage.” While Manila, Jul 12 — Barge Napocor See Beau Rivage. Lieutenant Weaver said that the Coast Power Barge 105 is now undergoing Guard will not be leading the effort to tank cleaning off Keppel Batangas MIDNIGHT RIDER (U.S.A.) remove the vessel from the beach, they Shipyard, the National Power London, Jul 13 — A press report, will be on site to assist and oversee. Corporation reported today. On dated today, states: Contract completion, the power barge will enter negotiations are in the works between MOANA C. (Panama) Keppel Batangas Shipyard for the Massachusetts Executive Office of London, Jul 10 — Product tanker drydocking. Drydocking is scheduled Environmental Affairs (EOEA) and a Moana C. sailed Brisbane Jul 8 for for Jul 17. Repairs will be undertaken Massachusetts towing and salvage New Caledonia. on the vessel’s hull, steering company to remove fishing (general) mechanisms, propellers and engines. Midnight Rider that washed up on MOM & DAD (U.S.A.) — Lloyd’s List Correspondent. Norton Point Beach nearly two weeks London, Jul 12 — A Coast Guard ago. Last week, Coast Guard officials Corpus Christi press release, dated NORQUEEN (Canada) estimated that the boat would be Jul 11, states: Coast Guard units in London, Jul 13 — A Coast Guard removed from its spot on the barrier South Padre Island and Corpus Anchorage press release, dated Jul 12, beach that connects Chappaquiddick Christi responded early this morning states: Fishing (general) Norqueen Island with Katama within a few days to assist fishing (general) Mom & Dad (141 gt, built 1942), based out of

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Vancouver, BC, is taking on water POLARIS S. (Panama) PROBO ELK (Marshall Islands) near the south-west side of Baranof London, Jul 10 — Lloyd’s Casualty London, Jul 8 — A press report, Island in south-east Alaska. The representatives in Piraeus report: dated today, states: A potentially Coast Guard received notification of Bulker with container capacity Polaris dangerous “condition” developed on the situation around 0719 hrs. A S. (14951 gt, built 1981) grounded in board combined bulk and oil carrier Coast Guard helicopter and crew was shallow waters while entering the Probo Elk (31255 gt, built 1986) in dispatched from Air Station Sitka to Preveza channel, Jul 7. There was no port early yesterday, the Coast Guard drop two dewatering pumps to the pollution caused and no injuries to the said, and evacuations were vessel. Using the pumps the vessel’s 23 crew members. Previously the temporarily recommended within 600 three man crew is keeping up with the vessel had departed from Paranagua yards of the vessel. The problem flow of water. The crew of Norqueen bound for Preveza loaded with 7,600 involved high levels of oxygen in some believes the water is coming in tons of Soya Meal. To the area of its cargo tanks, and the situation through a split plank in the vessel’s proceeded a patrol vessel of the Coast was improving late yesterday wooden hull. Fishing Northern Cloud, Guard and a tug was expected to afternoon, officials said. The Coast also from Vancouver, is standing by in arrive to provide assistance if Guard said it later directed the ship to the area. Commercial assistance from required. move to an anchorage outside the Port Sitka is en route to the scene to London, Jul 11 — Following received of Los Angeles to conduct repairs to assist. from Piraeus RCC, timed 1000, UTC: “an important safety system,” and a London, Jul 13 — Following received Bulker with container capacity Polaris safe zone was established in the water from Coast Guard Juneau, timed 0740, S. remains aground, with salvors on off Pier 118. The Coast Guard said in a UTC: Fishing (general) Norqueen: scene working on refloating efforts. statement that “a report of a Pumps are keeping up with water London, Jul 11 — Bulker with potentially dangerous condition on ingress. Commercial assistance is container capacity Polaris S. is still board” the tanker was received at nearby and vessel will be towed to aground near Preveza. Lloyd’s 0330 hrs. Four of the seven cargo Sitka where expected to arrive Standard Form salvage contract was tanks had oxygen content above the sometime this morning Alaska time. signed with SMIT Salvage BV on Jul maximum allowed, eight percent, 7. Tugs Megalochari VII and Agios creating a potential hazard, the PACIFIC FANTASY (Bahamas) Dimitios are attending. A lightering statement said. The situation occurred Portland, Oregon, Jul 12 — General barge is proceeding and operations to because an “inert gas system” was cargo Pacific Fantasy (19354 gt, built carry out lightering are expected to inoperable, it said. 1996) has been delayed in port due to commence this evening or tomorrow London, Jul 8 — A press report, a break down in machinery. There is morning. dated today, states: The Port of Los an allegation of off-spec bunkers Piraeus, Jul 12 — Bulker with Angeles called for a partial evacuation stemmed at Long Beach. — Lloyd’s container capacity Polaris S. became yesterday after a gasoline leak on a Agents. (Note — Pacific Fantasy stranded in the Preveza channel, 1.5 combined bulk and oil carrier Probo arrived Portland, Oregon, Jul 1.) to two nautical miles from Preveza Elk, docked, caused oxygen in several port on Jul 7. The vessel was loaded cargo holds to reach potentially PATMOS (Greece) with a consignment of 7,600 tons of explosive levels, officials said. U.S. See “Dodekanisiaki Anonymos soya flour from Paranagua, Brazil. Coast Guard officials discovered the Naftiliaki Etairia” under “Seizures & The port of destination is Preveza. All dangerous oxygen levels after Arrests.” crew members are reportedly healthy responding to a 0330 hrs call from the and secure. No pollution was reported. ship’s crew about an 80-gallon PETER II (Germany) The vessel remains stranded and its gasoline leak. The Coast Guard set up London, Jul 8 — Passenger (cruise) cargo is being transshipped to general a voluntary evacuation area 600 yards Peter II (77 gt, built 1951) contacted cargo Ermina. — Lloyd’s Agents. from the ship. The gasoline was the wall and the gate of the Ellerholz- London, Jul 13 — Following received contained on board the Probo Elk that lock, Hamburg, on Jul 7. She was from Piraeus RCC, timed 0925, UTC: had docked Thursday (Jul 6) at the making a round-trip through the Bulker with container capacity Polaris port after travelling from South harbour with 58 passengers, among S. is still aground, with salvage Korea. An investigation later them 54 pupils. Twenty-two people operations still under way. determined that oxygen levels in four were hurt, two of them, among them of the ship’s seven holding tanks were the captain, seriously. In a first PRIDE OF THE TYNE (U.K.) higher than allowed by federal investigation he said the power lever London, Jul 13 — A press report, regulations, because the system that blocked so that the ship could not be dated Jul 12, states: Ferry Pride of the controls those levels was not stopped. After the collision he radioed Tyne (222 gt, built 1993) is is having functioning. It was unclear whether for help and proceeded under own to undergo emergency repairs just the system was broken or had not been power to the Norderelbe. From here days before one of its busiest turned on, said Lt. P.J. Jacquelin, the damaged ship was towed to the weekend’s of the year. Engineers are spokesman for the Coast Guard in Los berth Amerikahoft by another launch. facing a race against time to get the Angeles and Long Beach. Jacquelin (Note — According to Lloyd’s MIU Shields Ferry, Pride of the Tyne, said yesterday afternoon that the AIS, Peter II was in lat 54 04 51.12N, repaired in time for this weekend’s oxygen levels had returned to long 10 58 41.94E, speed 10.1 knots at Mouth of the Tyne Festival. acceptable levels and that the ship 1043 hrs. Thousands of people are expected at was safe. He said it was unclear how London, Jul 10 — Information the festival in North and South long the “safety zone” would be received from Kiel, dated today, states: Shields and the ferry connects the two maintained and whether she would be A broken screw caused the collision of venues. If it cannot be fixed in time delayed at the port. Manny passenger (cruise) Peter II with the then the operator Nexus, will have to Aschemeyer, director of the Marine Ellerholz-lock on the Elbe at 1430, Jul use the 30-year-old ferry Shieldsman. Exchange of Southern California, said 7. It prevented the vessel going astern Pride of the Tyne was damaged when it the ship would be towed about three but instead it pushed several times struck a piece of driftwood on Monday miles offshore as a precaution. against the lock until it opened and (Jul 10). A spokesman for Nexus said: the vessel drifted out of control onto “While the Shieldsman should provide PXXI the Elbe. The captain himself was adequate cover while Pride of the Tyne London, Jul 7 — A press report, hurt so badly that he could not push is in dry dock, Nexus would prefer to dated today, states: A second tug, the emergency-stop-handle. Launch have the newer and much larger of the Fairmount Sherpa has been Peter of the same owner rushed two ferries in operation.” summoned from Cape Town to assist towards Peter II and was able to stop tug Zouros Hellas with the salvage it. One female was still in hospital the PRINCE MOUDI (Lebanon) operation on the island of Tristan da day after. On the whole, 21 people Beirut, Jul 12 — General cargo Cunha, where the oil platform PXXI were hurt. Peter II was confiscated for Prince Moudi is laid up at Tripoli. — (since renamed A Turtle) is aground. investigations. Lloyd’s Agents. Fairmount Sherpa sailed from Table

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Bay earlier this week and is expected Welland Canal, in the vicinity of remains a top priority. A Safmarine at Tristan da Cunha on Monday or Hamilton, at 1258, Jul 11, and Agulhas Joint Operations Committee Tuesday next week. Meanwhile the damaged the ship arrestor. The vessel met for the first time 14 hours after salvage team which arrived with sustained minor damage, and was the vessel ran aground and have Zouros Hellas have had mixed allowed to continue on its scheduled continued to meet daily in an effort to fortunes with regards the weather and voyage to Thunder Bay. The damage to ensure consistent communications and sea conditions. On some days diving the Seaway will be inspected Jul 12 a well managed response. Following a and other salvage activities have been and repairs will be put in hand. — number of refloating attempts last hampered by weather and sea Lloyd’s Agents. week, authorities including the South conditions but on others the team has African Maritime Safety Authority, been able to undertake repairs to RICHARD A.BAKER (U.S.A.) National Ports Authority and damaged ballast tanks and to pump London, Jul 11 — Tug Richard Department of Environmental Affairs water from one of the platform’s A.Baker (483 gt, built 1977), bringing & Tourism and salvage company SMIT columns. 12 barges of soybeans downriver, ran Salvage have focussed their efforts on London, Jul 11 — Oil rig PXXI, now aground just after 0730, Jul 8, and protecting the marine environment renamed A Turtle, is still aground at ended up shutting down the from pollution by removing the fuel oil Tristan da Cunha. Preperations for Mississippi River shipping channel from the vessel, an operation that dewatering some of the compartments until midday yesterday. The river’s continues. This remains a top have been carried out. A second tug is current pushed the lengthy tow operational priority in addition to the required for refloating and owners, crosswise in the channel and several removal of cargo from the deck of underwriters and salvors SMIT double-hulled barges sustained Safmarine Agulhas, where a total of Salvage BV are currently looking to damage to their outer hulls but no 277 containers were located. More arrange same. After refloating, the water reached the soybeans, said U.S. than half of the containers on deck platform will be towed to Cape Town. Army Corps of Engineers Channel have been discharged from the London, Jul 12 — A press report, Manager Paul Machajewski. “She ran casualty thus far. The grounding dated today, states: Smit Salvage into a shallow spot where there was forces acting on the vessel combined advises that the tug contracted to some shoaling and went sideways,” with the effect of the continuous assist in the salvage of the grounded Machajewski said. Several of the action of the sea on the casualty in oil platform PXXI (now renamed A barges broke loose. The crew of this exposed location is beginning to Turtle) off Tristan da Cunha, has been Richard A.Baker immediately began have a detrimental effect on the forced to remain in Cape Town due to moving barges up-river where another vessel’s structural integrity. There is technical problems. Supply Sea Tiger south-bound tow, the O.H. Ingram, water ingress in two of the cargo holds (2568 gt, built 1998), not tug held them for the Richard A.Baker. and the engine-room. The structural Fairmount Sherpa as before reported Tug White Angel proceeded upriver to integrity of the vessel continues to be (in issue of Jul 10), was due to sail assist in the clearing of the channel. monitored and should it deteriorate from Cape Town at the weekend to Soybeans were offloaded from some any further, future refloating attempts join the Smit Salvage team onboard barges to try to free them. By the time may be delayed in order to ensure that tug Zouros Hellas, which is already on the channel was opened for barges, 10 the fuel and cargo removal operations station at Tristan da Cunha. Sea Tiger tows were stacked up waiting to pass are completed. The impact of water will only be available to leave for the up or downstream. The channel was ingress on cargo will be determined by island once repairs have been carried opened at about 1400 yesterday, said surveyors and salvors continue to out. David Tropple, Lock and Dam 5 monitor the situation in the cargo lockmaster. He estimated the backlog holds and engine-room, utilising PYTHEAS (Greece) of river traffic would be eliminated by submersible pumps as and when London, Jul 11 — At 1125 hrs Jul 10, the end of today. necessary. Both the fuel removal while at the port of Quebec, a ship’s operation and the cargo removal crane crashed to the deck during cargo RODOS (Greece) operation continue on a 24 hour basis, operations, on the bulker Pytheas See “Dodekanisiaki Anonymos as and when operational conditions (16876 gt, built 1981). No injuries Naftiliaki Etairia” under “Seizures & allow. were reported. Arrests.” London, Jul 7 — A press report, dated today, states: Salvors are QUEEN OF THE NORTH (Canada) ROERBORG (Netherlands) “racing against time” to save the London, Jul 11 — A press report, Valletta, Jul 7 — Tug Waterman and grounded container carrier Safmarine dated Jul 10, states: Transportation tow, container carrier Roerborg (8777 Agulhas from “a watery grave”. A Safety Board Investigators trying to gt, built 1990), arrived Marsaxlokk predicted cold front approaching from piece together what happened on Jul 6 from Mersin. — Lloyd’s Agents. the south, accompanied by gale-force board passenger ro/ro Queen of the Valletta, Jul 12 — Container Carrier winds and swells of over five metres North in the moments leading up to Roerborg sailed Valletta Jul 10 for over the next few days could seriously the ferry ploughing full speed into Gil Gioia Tauro. — Lloyd’s Agents. hamper round the clock salvage Island have found that, despite being operations off the East London immersed in the cold salt water of ROSARIO (Canada) harbour wall. Yesterday, for the first Wright Sound, the hard drive from the London, Jul 10 — On Jul 4, tug time, the salvage team voiced concern vessel’s navigational computer has Rosario (72 gt, built 1962) reported a about the vessel’s structural integrity, yielded some information about the fire in the engine room, while en route 11 days after she ran aground on the vessel’s course before it sank. TSB in the Fraser River, near Surrey, B.C., breakwater. “The grounding forces Lead Investigator, Captain Raymond in lat 49 09.40N, long 123 00.20W. acting on the vessel, combined with Matthew said they were now working the effect of the continuous action of to see exactly how much information SAFMARINE AGULHAS (Liberia) the sea on the Agulhas in its exposed they can get from the computer. “But London, Jul 6 — A SMIT Salvage location, is beginning to have a it’s a slow process and we’re just report, timed Cape Town 1400 today, detrimental effect on the vesseløs waiting for further information,” he states: It has been nine days since structural integrity,” said a said. The hard drive was recovered Container Carrier Safmarine Agulhas spokesperson for the Joint Operations from the bridge of the sunken vessel ran aground shortly after exiting the Committee. “There is water ingress in during a submersible dive operation port of East London en route to two cargo holds and the engine room. last month. Durban following engine failure. The structural integrity of the vessel During this time, personnel, specialist is under constant observation and, REDHEAD (Hong Kong) equipment and other resources have should it deteriorate any further, Montreal, Jul 11 — Bulker Redhead been mobilised and utilised in an future refloating attempts may have (22792 gt, built 2004), in ballast, effort to ensure that the vessel and its to be delayed in order to ensure that bound Thunder Bay to load grain for cargo are saved, the environment is the fuel and cargo removal operations Mexico, surged aft in lock No 7, protected and that safety of life are completed.” Last night, bilge

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8 Marine pumps were coping with the flooding damage should the ship break up and removal operation commencing. The but National Ports Authority the fuel disperse into the sea.” “Up to structural integrity of the vessel spokesperson Terry Taylor admitted last night they had discharged 205 continues to be monitored and that the approaching bad weather was containers off the deck.” There are 581 internal assessments are a concern for the salvage team. Taylor containers on board, 277 of them continuously being undertaken. added that, while weather permitted, above deck. Taylor said the ship had Future refloating attempts have been discharging of container cargo and been taking strain over the last few delayed in order to ensure that the heavy fuel oil was given priority. But days and was taking water into the fuel and cargo removal operations are “safety of personnel is paramount. hold and engine-room. “They’re using completed. A number of proactive Operations will stop immediately it her own pumps to control the water environmental protection measures becomes too dangerous to continue”. level in engine-room.” The bulb on remain in place. South African Maritime Safety ship’s bow broke off the same evening London, Jul 13 — A press report, Association principle officer Captain she ran aground off the East London dated today, states:The discharging of Peter Kroon said contingency plans harbour following engine failure, but containers from Container Carrier were in place to handle any potential Taylor said this was not a problem as Safmarine Agulhas is continuing with oil spill. These preparations included there was plating which stopped leaks. more than half of the original boxes stationing specialist oil abatement Taylor said they were still hopeful of now cleared and ashore. These include vessels, the Kuswag lV and the salvaging the vessel and “all effort” all those loaded above the deck and Victoria Mxenge, close to the was going into discharging the bunker those in holds 1 and 4. Holds Nos 2 Safmarine Agulhas. Both vessels are fuel and containers. “The aim is still and 3 have however become carrying dispersing chemicals. An to move the oil, the cargo.” He said contaminated by both seawater and oil aircraft was also on hand to monitor they expected to clear the containers which may have seeped into the the situation from the air. Up to last off the deck by the end of the weekend containers. The extent of the damage night no signs of a spill had been and those in the holds in another to these boxes and their contents will spotted, but ashore the Department of week. Offloading the fuel was “making not be known until they have been Environmental Affairs and Tourism some good progress, let’s hope that discharged but the slippery nature of also had a specialist team on standby. within the next few days that fuel is the containers affected by the oil By last night 175 of the 277 containers offloaded.” contamination will make their had been brought ashore. The ship London, Jul 11 — A press report, handling more difficult. Once cleared was carrying a total of 469 loaded and dated Jul 10, states: Salvors are of the ship’s holds each box will have 112 empty containers. Discharging the making “steady progress” in the to be drained and steam-cleaned vesseløs 660 tons of heavy oil fuel was removal of fuel and cargo from before being taken away from stacking progressing slowly with about 230 container carrier Safmarine Agulhas, and eventual examination. Meanwhile tons removed by late yesterday. aground off the coast of East London, the Joint Operations Committee London, Jul 8 — A press report, the National Ports Authority said overseeing the salvage has confirmed dated Jul 7, states: An assessment on today. Spokesperson Terry Taylor said that there will be no further attempts the state of Container Carrier almost 500 tons of bunker fuel had at pulling the ship clear until all the Safmarine Agulhas will be held today been discharged and about five cargo and the fuel oil has been while salvage operations continue, the containers of cargo remained above discharged ashore. National Ports Authority said. Terry deck. There are about 300 containers Taylor, a spokesperson, said the strong below deck. Salvors will now remove SALONA (Honduras) winds and large swells overnight had the hatch covers to establish Gothenburg, Jul 6 — General cargo hampered operations but some conditions below deck and set about Salona arrived Kollandsoe Yard Jul 3 progress was made. There are discharging cargo from the holds and docked on Jul 4. Repairs are concerns about the state of the ship below. “It could take a couple of days, expected to take a month. Understand and the potential threat to the there are several factors such as the vessel experienced problems environment but, said Taylor, there weather that the salvors are relying discharging its cargo of wooden appeared to be no further on. Holds two and three are flooded, pallets, as some had sustained water deterioration overnight. Water was which could be a challenge,” said damage. — Westax Marine Services entering two of the ship’s cargo holds Taylor. He said once all the cargo was AB. and the engine-room, so an off, and any pollution threat had been assessment would be conducted today, eliminated the situation would be SAN CARLO (Malta) he said. Salvors have been trying to reassessed and a decision would be See Kapitan Dudin 1. protect the marine environment from taken on what to do with the vessel. pollution by removing the fuel oil from East London, Jul 10 — Container SANDY CAPE the vessel. This operation and the Carrier Safmarine Agulhas still (St. Vincent & Grenadines) removal of cargo from the deck of the aground off East London Western London, Jul 10 — Information ship continue. Breakwater, 90% of deck cargo received from Kiel, dated today, states: London, Jul 9 — A press report, removed, 80% of fuels removed. — Supply Sandy Cape (1819 gt, built dated Jul 8, states: Salvors are taking Lloyd’s Sub-agents. 1977) left drydock of the SW advantage of calmer weather to carry London, Jul 12 — A SMIT Salvage Reimerswaal on the Scheldt on Jul 7. on offloading fuel and cargo from report timed Cape Town 1700, Jul 11, It had entered it due to technical Container Carrier Safmarine Agulhas, states: Good progress continues to be problems and had a list to port. (Note said the National Port Authority made with respect to the removal of — Sandy Cape arrived Hansweert Jun today. Work was interrupted yesterday cargo from the grounded Container 15.) by strong winds and heavy swells. Carrier Safmarine Agulhas. The “The weather has changed. Yesterday salvage team has removed all deck SCAN BOTHIA (Isle of Man) we really had some howling winds cargo as well as containers stacked See “Military Equipment Seized which really played havoc with the below deck in two of the four holds. From Isle of Man-Flagged Vessel At discharge of the containers and the The vessel was carrying 469 loaded Derince, Turkey” under bunker fuel,” said NPA East London containers containing varied cargo and “Miscellaneous”. spokesperson Terry Taylor. “They 112 empty containers when it ran started early this morning. The aground. The removal of the SEA JAGUAR (Marshall Islands) weather has abated quite nicely, the remaining containers onboard, located Port Said, Jul 9 — Crude oil tanker wind has dropped and the swell is not in the two holds affected by water Sea Jaguar completed her temporary too bad.” Salvors have removed about ingress, also began today. The fuel repairs to the bulb and cracks and half of the heavy fuel and a third of removal operation continues and thus sailed 0550, Jul 8, for Singapore. — the containers. “By yesterday far approximately 580 tonnes has been Lloyd’s Agents. afternoon they had discharged over removed. The vessel had 300 tons of bunker fuel, that’s the approximately 662 tonnes of heavy SEA TIGER (Norway) heavy fuel oil which would cause most fuel oil on board prior to the fuel See PXXI.

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9 Marine

SEAGREETING (Liberia) Commander, said today. Rescuers have gridlocked from 0820 to 1000 as London, Jul 6 — Combined bulk and so far found a total of 17 bodies from firecrews from Yarmouth, Gorleston, oil carrier Seagreeting was reported the vessel, which sank in Pulau Lowestoft, Acle, Loddon, Stalham and sailing from Aden on Jun 22. Mursala and Bintana waters, Central Wymondham weaved their way London, Jul 12 — Combined bulk and Tapanuli district, North Sumatra, on through the traffic to get to the ship. oil carrier Seagreeting arrived Port Jun 23. A total of 95 survivors were Crew on board salvage Union Beaver Elizabeth Jul 10. rescued and about 33 others are still reported a fire in a freezer in the main missing. “Up to the 17th day after the hold at 0838 while it was moored at SHARK (Lebanon) vessel sank, based on reports from Gas House Quay on Southtown Road. Beirut, Jul 12 — General cargo victims` relatives to the Sibolga naval The firefighters worked in teams of Shark is still lying sunk at Beirut. — base, there are still 33 victims who eight on 10-minute shifts to tackle the Lloyd’s Agents. have not been found,” Santoso said. blaze in fiercely hot conditions. Area The Sibolga Navy’s search and rescue manager Terry Lark-owsky said: “The SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY teams have called off their search for first crews got to the ship soon after (Panama) the victims. However, the Sibolga receiving the call and requested London, Jul 6 — Vehicle carrier naval base commander called on additional appliances because the fire, Shenandoah Highway was reported fishermen or local islanders who find while it was contained, was so severe. arriving at Altamira, Mexico, at 1245 bodies from the sunken vessel to “Access was extremely difficult and hrs, Jun 29. It departed later the same report to his office. Earlier, some of fire crews had to contend with really day at 1910 hrs, bound for Veracruz, the victims’ families had asked the hot and smoky conditions. “A fire like arriving there at 1445 hrs, Jun 30. It local administration to salve the that would be bad enough if it was out sailed at 0759 hrs, Jul 2, and arrived wreck. They also asked the SAR team in the open, but in the bowels of a at Galveston at 1955 hrs, Jul 4. It left to continue their search for the steel vessel the heat builds up quickly Galveston at 1300 hrs, Jul 5. missing passengers as many of them and stays there. “It’s a very, very had not been found. physical environment so we changed STELLA the crews around quickly, making sure London, Jul 9 — A press report, TAI HUA HAI (China) there were teams lined up to take dated Jul 8, states: At 0400 today, a Antwerp, Jul 13 — Bulker Tai Hua over.” Despite the ship being moored crew member from fishing Stella (116 Hai is still undergoing repairs in the close to large gas containers, there gt, built 1998, official number shipyard. ETC Jul 20. — DPS- was no chance of the fire spreading to 1070580) radioed the North Pacific Teamhead surveyors. other parts of the ship or the shore, Search and Rescue Co-ordination said Mr Larkowsky. He added that Center, Juneau, notifying them the TIRTA NIAGA I (Indonesia) firefighters believed the blaze had vessel was taking on water in the Kolkata, Jul 7 — Product tanker broken out because of faulty vicinity of Gull Island, and the three Tirta Niaga I is now under arrest as electronics in the freezer, though could crew members were donning survival per order issued by High Court of not say for certain at this stage. suits. The command center Kolkata. — Lloyd’s Agents. immediately issued an Urgent Marine WAN HAI 213 (Singapore) Information Broadcast, and launched UNION BEAVER (Belgium) See “Typhoon “Ewiniar” under a rescue boat and crew from Station London, Jul 12 — A press report, “Weather & Navigation”. Juneau. Meanwhile, the crew of the dated today, states: Firefighters were Stella entered their lifeboat after the today called to a large fire on a vessel WEI HANG 9 (Malta) water filled the engine-room, causing (salvage Union Beaver, 856 gt, built London, Jul 13 — Following the vessel to list to port. The Alaska 1991) moored in a quay at Gorleston. navigation warning issued Jul 12: Marine Highway ferry Taku arrived on Six crews went to Gas House Quay at Sunken wreck, cargo vessel 3947 tons scene soon after. Launching their own 0840 hrs where there was a fire in the (general cargo Wei Hang 9) exists in lifeboat, they towed a lifeboat from the vessel’s hold. Crews were called in lat 35 32 31N, long 140 49 27E. (Note Stella away from the rocks and from Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Acle — Wei Hang 9 sank Jul 22, 2005, brought them safely aboard the Taku. and Windham. following a collision.) The Coast Guard rescue boat and crew London, Jul 12 — Following received arrived five minutes later, assessed from Coastguard Yarmouth MRCC, XIN FU ZHOU (China) the situation of the Stella and escorted timed 0845, UTC: Salvage Union See Lass Uranus. the Taku to the Auke Bay Ferry Beaver has a fire on board at Terminal. Afterwards, they Gorleston. The fire services have 10 YOUNG LADY (Isle of Man) interviewed the Stella crew and units in attendance. London, Jul 10 — Crude oil tanker determined the operator fell asleep at London, Jul 12 — Following received Young Lady sailed Houston 0700, Jul the wheel, causing the vessel to hit the from Coastguard Yarmouth MRCC, 4. rocks at Gull Island, ripping a hole in timed 1055, UTC: The fire on salvage the vessel. Union Beaver started when a spark ZEINA (Georgia) from welding work, which was being London, Jul 10 — General cargo STOLT AUSTRALIA (Australia) carried out on deck, ignited a fire in a Zeina, Piraeus for Nikolayev, passed See “Crew Of Australian-Flagged rope store in a hold. The fire has now Dardanelles Jul 8. Vessel At Hobart, Australia” under been extinguished. An external fuel Piraeus, Jul 11 — General cargo “Labour Disputes”. tank has been lifted off the vessel. The Zeina sailed from Piraeus on Jul 7, vessel had four inches of water in hold bound for Russia. — Lloyd’s Agents. SUMIWAKA MARU NO.57 (Japan) due to fire-fighting operations which Yokohama. Jul 7 — Pusher tug caused the vessel to list 10 degrees to ZHI QIANG (Hong Kong) Sumiwaka Maru No.57 arrived port which has now been corrected. No London, Jul 7 — A press report, Yokohama Jul 6 from Tsukumi and pollution reported. A MSA surveyor is dated today, states: A second tug has sailed same day for Negishi. — Lloyd’s now on scene. joined efforts to salvage bulker Zhi Agents. London, Jul 13 — A press report, Qiang, which ran aground on a reef off dated today, states: Sixty firefighters Papua New Guinea. The bulk carrier SURYA MAKMUR INDAH were called to put out a fierce blaze in got stuck on a reef about 525 London, Jul 11 — A press report, cramped conditions on board a ship kilometres east of Port Moresby on dated Jul 10, states: The body of moored in Yarmouth yesterday. The Saturday (Jul 1). There are 24 crew another victim of the sinking of ferry town was brought to a standstill as a members on board the vessel, which Surya Makmur Indah was found in separate crash on the nearby Gapton left Townsville last week loaded with Ilik Islet waters, North Sumatra, Hall roundabout at the same time 40,000 tonnes of north Queensland ovewr the weekend (Jul 8-9). A local closed down access from Gorleston and sugar. The salvage company Pacific fisherman found the body, Lt Col Lowestoft in the morning rush hour. Towing says it may be necessary to Djaka Santoso, Sibolga Naval Base The Southtown area of Yarmouth was remove the cargo and repair the vessel

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10 Marine/Port State Control/Seizures & Arrests before any efforts are made to refloat Quience is now heading for Tromso, Monday (Jul 10). It was a tempestuous it. The first tug, from Port Moresby, where it is expected to arrive crossing with extremely rough seas reached Zhi Qiang on Tuesday. tomorrow. The police will then handle and bad weather. The ship had one London, Jul 10 — Following received further investigation. lifeboat torn away and lost overboard. from Australia RCC, timed 2314, UTC, After clearing customs and Jul 9: Understand bulker Zhi Qiang is DODEKANISIAKI ANONYMOS immigration the ship docked at Berth still aground. NAFTILIAKI ETAIRIA C in Fremantle Port. Port Moresby, Jul 10 — Bulker Zhi Piraeus, Jul 6 — Passenger ro/ro Qiang is still aground. Understand the Diagoras, Roll On Roll Off Rodos and J.KING (Hong Kong) salvage team are now on board, passenger ro/ro Patmoswere London, Jul 12 — General cargo assessing a salvage plan. — Lloyd’s purchased by local company Blue Star J.King (5582 gt, built 1994), which Agents. Ferries at yesterday’s auction for the arrived at Hong Kong at 1020 hrs, London, Jul 13 — Following received total sum of EUR 19.9 million. today, is currently reported at South from Australia MRCC, timed 1135, Diagoras will reportedly resume West Lama Anchorage, Hong Kong, UTC: Bulker Zhi Qiang has been service between Piraeus and the under Admiralty & High Court arrest. refloated and is now under tow to Port Dodecanese islands. Rodos and Moresby, where ETA Jul 16. Patmos will reportedly be demolished. L’ARC EN CIEL 1 (France) — Lloyd’s Agents. London, Jul 8 — A press report, ZIM JAPAN (Malta) dated today states: The master of See “Typhoon “Ewiniar” under EDCO (Egypt) Fishing L’Arc en Ciel 1 (173 gt, built “Weather & Navigation”. London, Jul 11 — A press report, 2001), has been ordered to pay a total dated today, states: A legal fight has of £14,750 for illegally fishing in UK stranded an Egyptian cargo vessel and ZOPPUN (Turkey) waters. The defendant pleaded guilty London, Jul 12 — Understand that its crew of 29 in the Charleston at Grimsby Magistrates Court to the on May 9 chemical tanker Zoppun had harbour. None of the Egyptian sailors a flooded engine-room in the port of on bulker Edco (22530 gt, built 1980) offence of fishing within the 12 mile Constantza while loading 4,900 tonnes has a visa and a private security limit off Flamborough Head. The of liquid caustic soda. As a company is making sure the crew vessel was caught on Jul 5 by the consequence of the casualty, the stays aboard, said Mike Balero, Royal Navy’s Fisheries Protection shipowners declared general average spokesman for the US Customs and Vessel HMS Cattistock. During the and tugs operated by the port Border Protection office in Atlanta. case, brought by the Marine Fisheries authorities at Constantza rendered The company handling the Edco’s Agency on behalf of the Department services in the nature of salvage to the cargo, Kinder Morgan, said the vessel for Environment, Food & Rural vessel. The engine-room was pumped was carrying a cargo of bulk salt. The Affairs, the master was fined £12,500 dry and sealed. However, upon vessel, which arrived Jun 25, was and ordered to pay costs of £2,250. departing Constantza on its voyage, detained as part of a lawsuit filed by Mike Parker, MFA District Fisheries Zoppun lost main engine power and Hong Kong-based Grand Max Marine Inspector, said: “Any fishermen, collided with general cargo Karim 1 Ltd., said attorney David B. Marvel, regardless of their nationality, must which was moored in the port area. who represents the company. The comply with the regulations while (See later report in issue of May 31. lawsuit was filed after the Edco’s working in UK waters. “Masters have Also see Karim 1.) sister ship, the Edco Star, was ruled a responsibility to ensure that they unseaworthy. That vessel was seized are familiar with the rules that apply in the Suez Canal near Egypt by in the areas they intend to fish. They government officials, Marvel said. must check to see where and when Grand Max is seeking $4 million, they can fish, and for what species. claiming the seizure has hurt Ignorance of the law is not a defence. business, Marvel said. For now, the “These rules are in place to benefit lawsuit means the Edco’s crew is conservation by restricting effort in stranded in Charleston. Marvel said a the most sensitive parts of community custodian has been appointed to waters and preserving traditional BELGIUM oversee the vessel’s welfare while the fishing activities on which the social Zeebrugge, Jul 11 — At 1444, Jul 7, suit plays out. He says the vessel was and economic development of the the departure of general cargo Iberia resupplied in Charleston for a coastal communities depends. (1992 gt, built 1990) from Antwerp scheduled trip to South America when was suspended due to the vessel being it was seized. “As far as I know, those LAMA (Belize) detained. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. (Note guys are fine,” Marvel said. The vessel Beirut, Jul 12 — General cargo Lama — Iberia arrived at Antwerp at 1330 and crew could be stranded is still lying sunk and under arrest at hrs, Jul 6 and sailed at 0120 hrs, Jul indefinitely, but Marvel says he hopes Beirut. — Lloyd’s Agents. 10.) the case will be settled soon. Mark Cooke of the Charleston Port & MALASPINA CASTLE Seafarers’ Society, a local waterfront (Cayman Islands) humanitarian group, said ship asset Zeebrugge, Jul 11 — The seizures happen regularly in ports as embargo/arrest of bulker Malaspina maritime companies seek to protect Castle at Antwerp, was lifted at 1408 their financial interests. “When it hrs, Jul 10. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. does, the crew is stuck in the middle,” (Note — Malaspina Castle arrived at he said. Cooke said he hopes to visit Antwerp at 0626 hrs, Jun 22 and the crew this week to deliver fresh sailed at 2038 hrs, Jul 10.) AROSA QUINCE (Spain) drinking water and check out the London, Jul 7 — A report, dated Jul sailors’ needs. 6, states: Norwegian Coast Guard has NISSOS CHIOS (Greece) arrested fishing (general) Arosa London, Jul 7 — Ro-ro m ferry Nissos EDCO STAR (Egypt) Quince (960 gt, built 1987) for See Edco. Chios, which was seized at Piraeus in suspected for illegal fishing near 1994, sailed from Piraeus, in tow, on Svalbard. According to the Norwegian FARLEY MOWAT (Canada) May 31, and arrived at Aliaga on Jun Coast Guard the inspectors detected London, Jul 12 — A press report, 6 for break-up. defective catch diary. They also dated today, states: After a voyage of detected dumping of small fish and 25 days following a daring escape from ORESTES (Panama) other violations of fishery regulations. Bari, Jul 6 — Passenger ro/ro Orestes The trawler was fishing in an area South Africa, the Sea Shepherd research Farley Mowat reached is still under arrest at Bari. — Lloyd’s Norwegian authorities claims are Agents. under Norwegian jurisdiction. Arosa Freemantle, Western Australia, on Receive immediate notice as soon as a Casualty occurs. For further information please contact Andrew Luxton on +44 (0) 20 7017 4625.

11 Seizures & Arrests

ORIENT ALLIANCE (Hong Kong) London, Jul 12 — A press report, which began in September, and London, Jul 7 — Three weeks after dated Jul 11, states: Six South Korean replacing the Korean officers was bulker Orient Alliance was released officers on board trawler Sky 75, crucial to ensuring harmony on board, from arrest in South Africa, Orient caught in a wage stand-off at Bluff, he said. International Transport Steamship is negotiating to sell the were standing their ground yesterday Workers Federation spokeswoman vessel to Greek owner Goldenport for as more details emerged of problems Kathy Whelan said the Koreans were $27.3 million. Brokers said the ship on board the vessel. The trawler’s expected to present a claim to the ITF had already been sold to Goldenport, chief engineer, Kim Hyo Nam, said and the Maritime Union last night, but this was denied by sources in issues on the vessel were because of setting out the money they believed Greece who said talks were still under cultural differences between the South they were owed. Korean Embassy way although they could be concluded Korean officers and crew members consul Jaesoon Hahn said she was next week. The sale is expected to hired from Myanmar. “We weren’t aware of the situation and had urged include the balance of the existing working together well — there was a both parties to settle the dispute time charter on the vessel, which lot of fighting.” The 22 Myanmarese amicably. The situation was continues to next March-April at crew members approached unions at “complicated” and she hoped it could $16,000 a day. Orient Alliance was the Port of Timaru last month be resolved before it became a legal released by the Sheriff of Cape Town claiming the officers ordered them to matter because the vessel could on Jun 15 after French finance bank work by kicking them and hitting potentially fall under both the South Calyon stepped in to guarantee them with sticks. A Labour Korean and New Zealand legal payment of most claims for alleged Department spokeswoman said an systems. non-payment of bills against Orient investigation found the crew had been Alliance and Orient Brilliance. The paid minimum wage with no THANKS TWENTY (Hong Kong) Orient Alliance was arrested on May deductions, as required by the permits London, Jul 7 — General cargo 12 by lawyers acting on behalf of 35 enabling them to work in New Zealand Thanks Twenty sailed from Hong Kong claimants. Two further claims were waters. At the conclusion of the at 0657 hrs, today. lodged when news of the arrest inquiry, the crew were repatriated to circulated. Myanmar at their request, with their TIOMAN (Honduras) travel costs being paid by the Jakarta, Jul 13 — Product tanker PLAVA (Albania) company, she said. While the Tioman is still lying afloat at Tanjung Bari, Jul 6 — General cargo Plava is department was looking into the Uban anchorage area, under arrest. still under arrest at Bari. — Lloyd’s allegations made by the Korean There have been further Agents. officers, it had received no formal developments, as informed by complaint, she said. Mr Hyo Nam said Pertamina agent at Tanjung Uban, but SKY 75 (South Korea) the abuse claims were exaggerated but the cargo has been discharged to London, Jul 11 — A press report, because of the scrutiny the vessel was barge. — Lloyd’s Agents. dated today, states: Korean crew under, the owners, Hamilton-based members on board trawler Sky 75, in company Poseidon Pacific, decided to TRAWLER ARRESTED BY Bluff for repairs, claimed yesterday move it to Bluff. The owners were NORWAY they were effectively stranded without unable to muster a full crew to London, Jul 7 — A report, dated Jul food or money. The vessel’s third continue the hoki season and the 2, states: Yesterday the Norwegian engineer, Cho Young Oh, said that he officers were fired on Friday (Jul 7), Coast Guard brought the stateless and five other crew members were he said. The six officers had since trawler Joanna under tow to Vadsoe stuck in limbo at Bluff after falling out fallen out with the vessel’s owners harbour. The trawler which is flying with the vessel’s president, Kim Dal over three months’ pay they claimed no flag, and no registration number, Gon, on Sunday (Jul 9). “He left for they were entitled to under Korean has for some time been suspected of Christchurch and now we can’t contact law in the event of losing their jobs, illegal fishing in the Barents Sea. The him,” Mr Young Oh said. “We need to retirement pay, a percentage of the trawler was boarded on Thursday (Jun be paid but he don’t pay anything — value of the catch and late wages from 29) morning, after its captain had we don’t have enough food. We need the past two months, he said. The refused to follow the coast guard really good help.” The six of them had vessel’s owners had promised the vessel to Norwegian harbour. been told to return to Korea and they officers they would be paid on their According to the Norwegian Coast would be paid later. Mr Young Oh said return home. However they feared to Guard, inspectors have found 220 tons they feared that if they were to do so do so would see the company renege, of illegal catch on board the trawler, the company would pay them nothing. Mr Hyo Nam said. The vessel’s owners and the records of catch is missing. Sky 75 is operated by New Zealand had done everything in their power to The trawl was cut during boarding, force the officers return to South company Poseidon Pacific, based in but has been recovered, and according Korea including altering the crew to the Coast Guard it turns out that Hamilton, and it is not the first time it register to state the men were no the size of the mesh was too small. has come under scrutiny. Owners’ longer officially on board the vessel, The evidense has been turned over to representative Balgon Kim said Mr Hyo Nam said. The officers had the Vadsoe police, and captain is now yesterday that any claims of signed a two-year employment being questioned, NRK reports. mistreatment were exaggerated. “They contract to work on Sky 75 on Jul 28 London, Jul 7 — A report, dated are after compensation,” he said. The last year, which had left them today, states: Fish factory Joanna, ex six crew on board the vessel were all questioning the timing of their who were left after it was embroiled in Kabou (1379 gt, built 1966): The sacking. The vessel’s owners had owner of the trawler now named controversy while moored at Timaru failed to enter into negotiations, he last month. Twenty-two Burmese crew Joana was fined NOK 300,000 and the said. Owner’s representative Balgon captain NOK 50,000. Police also have members approached unions with a Kim claimed Mr Hyo Nam was behind plea for help, claiming the Korean all the problems. The vessel’s skipper filed a claim of NOK 4.7 million on officers had threatened them with had been in talks with the officers but behalf of the state, to cover the value abuse and ordered them to work by he had yet to report back on how they of the fish found on board the trawler kicking them and hitting them with had gone. He maintained the men and the profit that its owners stood to sticks. After Department of Labour would be paid all they were owed on make from selling it. Magne Nyborg of intervention the 22 crew members their return to South Korea and it was the Ostfinnmark Police District said were sent home, leaving only the six impossible to pay them while they Norwegian authorities found 183 tons Korean officers on board, Mr Kim said. remained in New Zealand. This was of cod and 40 tons of halibut on the They also had had the option to return because of Korean law and tax trawler, most of it already filleted and home but had refused and the vessel regulations and the fact the men were frozen. Market value of the catch had been sent to Bluff until a full employed by a Korean company. The alone was set at NOK 3.1 million as of replacement crew could be mustered, owners were committed to obtaining a Tuesday. The fines and compensation new crew in time for the next season, he said. claim were made for the vessel’s A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.

12 Seizures & Arrests/Pipeline Accidents/Pollution/Weather & Navigation failure to maintain a log of its fishing CALCASIEU RIVER, LOUISIANA, activities, its alleged use of illegal UNITED STATES nets, the captain’s presentation of London, Jul 6 — A press report, incorrect or false vessel documentation dated today, states: The entire and for his failure to follow orders Calcasieu Ship Channel is open to issued by the Norwegian Coast Guard recreational boat traffic, albeit with restrictions. The US Coast Guard to stop and pull in the vessel’s nets. announced yesterday it was opening The Coast Guard finally boarded the the “safety zone” from the intersection trawler late last week after suspecting of the ship channel and the it of illegal fishing and for being CHILE Intracoastal Waterway north to Bayou London, July 13 — A press report, stateless. The trawler, which has d’Inde and the Cypress Point dated July 12, states: Ten people dead, changed names and flag states several development. It’s the first time the nine disappeared and over 28,000 times, was towed in to Vadso over the entire ship channel has been opened displaced is the primary this morning weekend, where it remains under since 17,000 barrels of a 71,000-barrel balance of the torrential rains which arrest. The captain initially said the oil spill at the Citgo Refinery leaked have been punishing central and south vessel was named Joana and sailed into it on Jun 20. “We understand that Chile since late yesterday and are under the Sao Tome flag. He later a lot of people were caught with boats forecasted to continue. Chilean on both sides of the safety zone when claimed the trawler was named Kabou authorities have declared the VIII the (cleanup) operations began,” Coast Region, “catastrophe zone” with over and sailed under the flag of Guinea. Guard spokesman Adam Eggers said Norwegian officials have traced 400 people reported homeless with of the decision to open the channel to total loss of property given the several claims to various flag states. traffic. The safety zone will be intensity of the rain and subsequent After sailing from Aveiro, Portugal in monitored with security boats and a mudslides, reported the Chilean January, the vessel, named Kabou, surveillance company, he added. “The Emergency Office. In metropolitan restrictions will be enforced,” Eggers reflagged from Togo to Guinea. The Santiago over 700 people had to be said. Meanwhile, Moss Lake remains vessel then apparently reverted to rescued and or protected from the Togo, only to claim Sao Tome in May closed to boat traffic. Cleanup operations there are focusing on “more pouring rain and strong winds which and take on the name Joana. Police in fell hundreds of trees and electricity the northern district of Eastern shoreline activities,” he said. “Some of that area is marsh, and the worse lines. Over 10,000 houses were left Finnmark have seized the vessel’s thing you can do when you have oil in without electricity and several areas documents and forwarded them to the a marsh is to have someone walk of the city are flooded with vehicles national crime agency Kripos for through it,” he said. “We’re having to and public transport clogged in the examination. Police also claim the use a technique called flushing to get muddy waters. Another 60 millimetres trawler’s captain entered Norway’s the oil out of the marshland.” As of of rainfall are forecasted in the coming economic zone on Jun 12, and, yesterday afternoon, 18,221 barrels of 24 hours. The Chilean Emergency therefore, was fishing illegally in oil and water had been removed from office has kept Yellow Alert in Regions IV, V, Metropolitan, VI, IX and X, with Norwegian waters. Defense lawyer the Calcasieu River and 18,344 barrels Red Alert in regions VII and VIII. All Halfdan Mellbye told news bureau NTB of the same mixture had been removed from the Indian Marais, a drainage ports in regions IV to X have been that neither the captain nor the vessel’s closed for small vessels and the same owner has accepted the fines. That lagoon on Citgo’s property, Eggers said. Thirty-thousand barrels of oil applies to all vessels in ValparaÌso and indicates the conflict will go to court were spilled into the Indian Marais in San Antonio. The main Andes tunnel this autumn. If no bank guarantee for the Jun 20 incident and 24,000 barrels leading to Argentina has also been the fines and compensation claim is put were contained within Citgo berms. temporarily shut down because of up, and no approved documents for the London, Jul 7 — The Safety Zone on snow and wind. In other mountain vessel presented, the vessel will remain the Calcasieu River from Light 115 to crossings traffic is restricted and all under arrest in Vadso with its Spanish the Intracoastal Waterway vehicles must transit with chains in captain, 29 Portuguese and three intersection is still in effect; however, wheels. Eastern European crew members on it has been modified to allow London, Jul 13 — A press report, board, pending the result of the court recreational boaters to transit the dated today, states: Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in case. The owner of the suspect trawler Safety Zone area at no wake speed, central Chile left at least 11 people was initially believed to be a but not to stop, fish, or swim in the affected area. Boaters should steer dead and forced 30,000 to flee their Portuguese firm. Its documents claim it inundated homes yesterday, the is an African firm called “Africa clear of cleanup operations, response boats, skimmers, and booms. Security government said. President Michelle Pesques.” boats and video surveillance are Bachelet declared a state of emergency employed in the Safety Zone area. in the area, about 300 miles south of Both deep draft and commercial Santiago, because of massive flooding inland tow traffic is moving on the triggered by rain-swollen rivers, the Safety Zone portion of the waterway at Interior Ministry’s National no wake speed at the direction of the Emergency Office said. Seven of the local joint US Coast Guard and deaths occurred in a landslide in Industry established Vessel Traffic Chiguayante, where a family of four Information System (VTIS). All was buried along with three commercial vessel movements on the firefighters, the emergency office said. BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA affected portion of the waterway must Chilean power generators opened See “Nigeria” under “Political and be approved by VTIS. Traffic on the floodgates at major reservoirs because Civil Unrest”. lower portion of the Calcasieu river of the heavy rain that also washed out from the Intersection of the Gulf roads and cut electricity in isolated Intracoastal Waterway to Cameron, rural areas. and traffic on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east and west, is now CHINA unrestricted for both commercial and London, Jul 8 — A press report dated recreational traffic. All docks in the today states: Storms and torrential Lake Charles area have been approved rain have battered eastern China, to accept cargo vessels. Cleanup leaving 13 million people affected by operations and traffic control flooding and storm damage. At least measures on the upper portion of 30 people have died as a result of the BURRARD INLET, CANADA severe weather in the two provinces of See Andre under “Marine.” Calcasieu Waterway are expected to continue for the next several days. Jiangsu and Anhui, and some 40,000 Receive immediate notice as soon as a Casualty occurs. For further information please contact Andrew Luxton on +44 (0) 20 7017 4625.

13 Weather & Navigation people have been evacuated. Residents flooding of the runway, leading to predicted to be near lat 21.1N, long have been using rafts to move through diversion and delay of flights, airport 126.2E, with maximum sustained flooded streets, reports said. The sources said. All flights operated today winds of 60 knots and gusts to 75 government said at least 349 people but 15-20 minutes behind schedule knots. died in disasters caused by the due to operational reasons, airport London, Jul 12 — Following received weather in June. Another 99 people sources said. Meanwhile, Mumbai from the Meteorological Office, dated were missing and the cost of the International Airpot Private Limited today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre flooding was estimated at £1.36bn. (MIAL), a body set up for the of tropical storm “Bilis” was located The most recent stormy weather has maintenance of the airport, said work near lat 21.5N, long 125.5W, hit Jiangsu province hardest. So far 27 was done on a warfooting to drain out approximately 300 nautical miles people are reported dead and more water from a flooded runway at south-southwest of Naha, Okinawa than 8,400 houses have collapsed, Chhatrapati Shivaji terminal and has tracked west-northwest, or Zhao Jie of the Ministry of Civil yesterday. However, flights were 300 degs, at eight knots, over the past Affairs, said. Three more people have operated from another runway, MIAL six hours. The position is accurate to been killed in neighbouring Anhui officials said. “The runway has been 60 nautical miles and is based on the province. Seasonal heavy rains and restored for normal aircraft operations centre being located by satellite. typhoons causes hundreds of deaths in today,” it said. Present wind distribution: maximum China each year. But meteorologists sustained winds: 40 knots, with gusts expect this summer to be particularly ITALY to 50 knots. Radius of 34 knot winds: bad, with warm Pacific currents Savona, Jul 7 — At about 1800, local 125 nautical miles in the north-east causing more typhoons than usual. time, yesterday, due to storm weather, and north-west quadrants and 135 at quay 27 “Nuova Calata Boselli” in nautical miles in the south-east and Savona port, managed by terminal south-west quadrants. The maximum HURRICANE “BUD” Messrs Monfer for grain cargos in wave height is 18 feet. At 0600, UTC, London, Jul 11 — Following received bulk, the hopper of plant fell down Jul 13, the centre is predicted to be from the Meteorological Office, dated caused by strong wind as registered by near lat 23.4N, long 122.2W, with today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre Savona port weather station with maximum sustained winds of 40 knots of tropical cyclone “Bud” was located gusts up to 35 knots. Fortunately no and gusts to 50 knots. near lat 13.7N, long 111.3W and has people injured and no vessels London, Jul 13 — A press report, tracked west-northwest, or 295 degs, alongside under discharging or dated today, states: Tropical storm at seven knots over the past six hours. loading. — Lloyd’s Sub-agents. “Bilis” is expected to hit Fujian The estimated minimum central Province late tomorrow or early on pressure 1005 Mb. Present wind PAKISTAN Saturday (Jul 15). According to the distribution: maximum sustained London, Jul 12 — A press report, Fujian provincial observatory, the winds: 35 knots, with gusts to 45 dated Jul 11, states: Torrential rains storm is south-east of Taiwan, and the knots. Radius of 34 knot winds: 30 triggered flooding that washed away maximum wind speed near its centre nautical miles in the north-east, homes in a village in north-western wasis 90 kph. The storm is forecast to south-east and south-west quadrants Pakistan, killing 13 people and dump heavy rain in the Taiwan Strait and zero nautical miles in the north- injuring about 300, the military said area in the next three days. The west quadrant. At 0600, UTC, Jul 12, Tuesday. Heavy rains lashed the government urged all departments to the centre is predicted to be near lat village of Gorvek in the mountainous prepare to deal with possible 14.81N, long 113.7W, with maximum tribal region of North Waziristan, emergencies. sustained winds of 45 knots and gusts bordering Afghanistan, yesterday and Lodon, July 13 —The ports of to 55 knots. today, the military’s Inter-Services Keelung and Kaohsiung halted London, Jul 12 — Following received Public Relations department reported. operations today as heavy rains hit from the Meteorological Office, dated Dozens of mud and stone homes were the country. The rain and strong winds today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre either washed away or severely were battering the eastern parts of the of hurricane “Bud” was located near damaged, the department said, killing Taiwan ahead of the arrival of the lat 14.8N, long 114.7W. Movement 13 people, including women and tropical storm “Bilis”. By 0300, UTC, over the past six hours: 290 degs at 11 children. Soldiers recovered the bodies the eye of the storm was about 190 km knots. The position is accurate to 20 and helped to treat the injured. east of Taiwan and travelling nautical miles and is based on the northwest at 17 kph with sustained centre being located by satellite. ROMANIA winds of up to 90 kph and maximum Present wind distribution: maximum Bucharest, Jul 13 — Sulina channel gusts of 119 kph, according to sustained winds: 85 knots, with gusts was closed at 0630, Jul 13 due to bad Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau. to 105 knots. Radius of 64 knot winds: weather, wind north north-east, 20 nautical miles in all four beaufort 5-6 (fresh to strong breeze), TROPICAL STORM “CARLOTTA” quadrants. Radius of 34 knot winds: sea 4-5. — Lloyd’s Agents. London, Jul 12 — Following received 90 nautical miles in all four from the Meteorological Office, dated quadrants. The maximum wave height today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre is 24 feet. At 0600, UTC, Jul 13, the TROPICAL STORM “BILIS” of tropical storm “Carlotta” was centre is predicted to be near lat London, Jul 11 — Following received located near lat 13.9N, long 103.3W. 16.6N, long 119.4W, with maximum from the Meteorological Office, dated Movement over the past six hours: 280 sustained winds of 90 knots and gusts today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre degs, at 11 knots. The position is to 110 knots. of tropical cyclone “Bilis” was located accurate to 30 nautical miles and is near lat 18.8N, long 128.8E, based on the centre being located by INDIA approximately 435 nautical miles satellite. Present wind distribution: London, Jul 6 — A press report,dated south of Naha, Okinawa and has maximum sustained winds: 35 knots, today, states: Heavy rains kept schools tracked northwestward, or 315 degs, with gusts to 45 knots. The maximum and colleges shut for a third day at ten knots over the past six hours. wave height is 13 feet. At 0600, UTC, yesterday, and meteorologists forecast The position is accurate to within 60 Jul 13, the centre is predicted to be more for Bombay as the nationwide nautical miles and is based on the near lat 16.5N, long 112.0W, with death toll rose to more than 250 since centre being located by satellite. maximum sustained winds of 70 knots the monsoon began in June. The Present wind distribution: maximum and gusts to 85 knots. warnings came as officials in the sustained winds: 45 knots, with gusts eastern state of Orissa said torrential to 55 knots. Radius of 34 knot winds: TROPICAL STORM “EWINIAR” rains killed at least 20 people, and 125 nautical miles in the north-east London, Jul 10 — Following received nine people reportedly died elsewhere and north-west quadrants, 140 from the Meteorological Office, dated in the country. The Mumbai city nautical miles in the south-east and today, states: Tropical storm “Ewiniar” airport today resumed air traffic south-west quadrants. The maximum near lat 35.8N, long 126.5E at 0600, operations after five days of heavy significant wave height is 18 feet. At UTC, today. Movement for the past six downpour, that had resulted in the 0600, UTC, Jul 12, the centre is A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779.

14 Weather & Navigation hours 15 degrees at 22 knots. Position Manila, Jul 7 — Manila-based London, Jul 7 — Following received accurate to within 60 nautical miles. hazardous materials specialist, Hideya from the Meteorological Office, dated Maximum sustained winds 35 knots, Waste Management, has been today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre gusts 45 knots. Forecast position lat contracted to treat the sulphuric acid of tropical cyclone “Ewiniar” was 39.5N, long 128.8E at 1800, UTC, cargo of tank barge Billy Star so that located near lat 21.3N, long 127.4E, today. Maximum sustained winds 30 it could be safely transported to a approximately 290 nautical miles knots, gusts 40 knots. Forecast disposal site. Hideya has been south of Naha, Okinawa and has position lat 42.3N, long 132.1E at contracted by Florida-based salvor tracked north-northwestward, or 345 0600, UTC, Jul 11. Maximum Titan which is working together with degs, at six knots over the past six sustained winds 20 knots, gusts 30 local salvor Harbor Star Shipping hours. The position is accurate to knots. Services to refloat the barge and its within 40 nautical miles and is based cargo of 1,270 tons of sulphuric acid. on the centre being located by TYPHOON “CHANCHU” The salvage operation plan calls for satellite. Present wind distribution: London, Jul 6 — A press report, the removal of the sulphuric acid maximum sustained winds: 100 knots, dated today, states: The Department of carried in four bullet storage tanks with gusts to 125 knots. Radius of 34 Environment and Natural Resources bolted to the deck of the barge prior to knot winds: 145 nautical miles in the orders owners to salvage tank barge the refloating of the vessel. Hideya north-east quadrant, 140 nautical Billy Star and sop up the sulfuric acid vice president Danny David explained miles in the south-east quadrant and that escaped from its tank off the coast that the plan will require two barges. 135 nautical miles in the south-west of Bauan, Batangas. Owned by Grand One barge will serve as a work and north-west quadrants. Radius of Asian Shipping, the 150-ton vessel was platform for a sulphuric acid 64 knot winds: 50 nautical miles in all having repairs at the Keppel Shipyard treatment facility to be installed by four quadrants. At 0600, UTC, Jul 8, in Barangay San Miguel, Bauan, Hideya while the other barge will the centre is predicted to be near lat Batangas, when it sank on Saturday transport the treated chemical to a 24.2N, long 126.6E, with maximum (Jul 1). The hull bottom was believed disposal site. Divers will first repair sustained winds of 105 knots and to be badly corroded. At a news and seal any holes in the submerged gusts to 130 knots. conference yesterday, Antonio storage tanks after which a blowdown London, Jul 8 — Following received Principe, department executive hose connected to the treatment from the Meteorological Office, dated director in Region IV-A, predicted facility in the work barge will be today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre salvage work would be completed 48 attached to the storage tanks. A of tropical cyclone “Ewiniar” was hours after the commencement of the stainless steel pneumatic pump will located near lat 24.2N, long 126.3E. operation. Hideya Waste Management then pump out the sulphuric acid from Movement past six hours 350 deg at 10 Corp., under contract with Grand the barge’s storage tanks directly to knots. The position is accurate to Asian Shipping, will do salvage work. the sulphuric acid treatment facility within 40 nautical miles and is based It will extract the bullet tank and on the work barge. The sulphuric acid on the centre being located by neutralize the acid it contains. will then be treated with caustic soda satellite. Present wind distribution: Principe said the tank would be towed to reduce its acidity. The neutralized Maximum sustained winds 85 knots, 25 nautical miles southeast of Lubang acid will then be offloaded to another with gusts to 105 knots. Radius of 34- Island and its content dumped. He barge which will dump it in a knot winds: 170 nautical miles in the assured the public that the chemical designated disposal area 25 nautical north-east and south-east, 135 was not toxic and does not pose harm miles south-east of Lubang Island. nautical miles in the south-west and to marine life. “The temperature would Offloading and treating the sulphuric 125 nautical miles north-west. go up in the immediate vicinity,” he acid is expected to take at least 10 London, Jul 9 — Following received said. “It may reach 35 degrees Celsius, days. — Lloyd’s List Correspondent. from the Meteorological Office, dated but that would not cause harm to the Manila, Jul 13 — Batangas Bay today: At 0600, UTC, today, the centre marine life there,” he said. For the Carriers, Inc., owner and operator of of tropical cyclone “Ewiniar” was moment, however, the salvaging product tanker Malitam, are located near lat 29.2N, long 125.8E. operation is put on hold pending the reconsidering plans of repairing the Movement past six hours 005 deg at 16 arrival of the needed equipment from vessel and may opt to claim the vessel knots. The position is accurate to Singapore. Another hindrance, a “constructive total loss”. Sources in within 40 nautical miles and is based according to Principe, is the presence of the company said that they are still on the centre being located by another vessel in the Keppel dry dock, tallying the total costs to be incurred satellite. Present wind distribution: which also contains chemicals. “We in repairing the vessel. If the costs Maximum sustained winds 85 knots, need to take out the ship first before we reache 80 percent of the value of the with gusts to 105 knots. Radius of 34- start salvaging the sunken one,” he vessel it may make more sense to knot winds: 180 nautical miles in the said. After the disaster, Environment declare the vessel a total loss and use north-east, 160 nautical miles south- Secretary Angelo Reyes ordered the the insurance proceeds to purchase a east, 140 nautical miles in the south- owners of Grand Asian Shipping to stop replacement. Malitam needs to west and 120 nautical miles north- their operation. He said the undergo a full engine rehab, west. Environment Management Bureau and replacement of its rudder and Londson, Jul 10 — A press report, the Protected Areas and Wildlife propeller and hull repair. — Lloyd’s dated today, states: A Typhoon left the Bureau will determine first the extent List Correspondent. Korean Peninsula struggling with of environmental damage caused by the death and damage as it hit the west accident. “I am revoking the license of TYPHOON “EWINIAR” coast of the country today. More than Billy Star and compelling the owners to Tokyo, Jul 7 — A powerful typhoon 30 people in China were killed as the clean up the mess,” the secretary said. which was nearing Japan’s southern typhoon ushered in heavy rains and He noted that the spillage occurred in island chain of Okinawa today is strong winds. According to weather an area of rich biodiversity. He directed expected to bring strong winds and officials, Typhoon “Ewiniar” which bureau to consult other government torrential rain to the area later in slammed South Korea toay cut a experts and local executives in the the day, Japan’s Meteorological northeast path across the country, damage assessment and to consider the Agency said. Typhoon “Ewiniar” was dumping as much as 7.9 inches of rain need for insurance coverage to ensure south of Okinawa and moving slowly in South Kyongsang province. “Moving there are sufficient funds to address north-northwest early today, bringing along South Korea’s western coast, the environmental disasters. “The EMB with it winds of up to 160 km per typhoon affected most of South Korea must study the amount of coverage hour, the agency said. The agency and the eastern parts of North Korea,’’ based on potential damage, warned of heavy rain and flooding in a spokesman of the Korea capitalization, and the fund companies parts of Okinawa. The storm was Meteorological Administration (KMA) and businesses should allot,” he said. forecast to weaken slightly and move said today. Five people were killed and He said that insurance firms must be across the southern part of South another two went missing today as the accredited by DENR to prevent fly-by- Korea over the weekend, the agency typhoon approached southern part of night firms. said. — Reuters. the peninsula. The victims were swept

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15 Weather & Navigation away by flooded streams and rivers Mexico, the National Weather Service million that the county has in the while mountain hiking. One woman said. More rain was also possible to bank available in the form of died today after being swept away in a the north in Colorado, where storms emergency loans to local businesses, swollen river, the National Emergency had already flooded homes and washed Rose said. The “bridge loans” will Management Agency said. Bringing out roads. Thunderstorms dropped an provide immediate operating capital heavy rains and strong winds, the estimated three inches of rain in an while the businesses wait for federal typhoon forced air and ferry traffic to hour yesterday over Truth or aid and loan dollars. The key is to get shut down and submerged houses and Consequences and the surrounding money out there quickly, Rose said. farmlands. According to the aviation area, south of Albuquerque, the Montgomery County is one of New agency, nearly 190 domestic flights weather service said. Flooding washed York counties in which businesses are were cancelled and the National out roads in Rio Rancho, just north of eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Maritime Police Agency banned 161 Albuquerque, and four feet of water Loans, Business Physical Disaster passenger ships from leaving the covered an Interstate 25 exit in Loans, and Mitigation Loans. Cellect ports. However, officials revealed that Socorro. Colorado Governor Bill Owens LLC, a St. Johnsville company that the storm was losing strength as it issued a disaster emergency order makes polyolefun bun foams, headed toward southern parts of North yesterday for Douglas County, south- sustained at least $10 million in Korea and then to waters east of the west of Denver, where rain had damage, according to CEO Scott peninsula. “The typhoon is expected to washed out roads and flooded homes Smith. Canajo Manufacturing, an move into the East Sea around 0300 in areas stripped of vegetation by a employee-owned candy and gum hrs, tomorrow and the Korean 138,000-acre wildfire in 2002. maker in Canajoharie that employs peninsula is likely to be completely rid Residents of about a dozen Douglas 120 people, has suffered about $4 of its influence by afternoon,’’ a KMA County homes between Deckers and million in damage, while Beechnut spokesman said. Though the Typhoon Westcreek were isolated by flooding Nutrition, the baby food maker located completely missed China, it caused yesterday. Several campgrounds were in the same village, is estimating flooding in several parts of that evacuated on Friday (Jul 7), and damages of $25 million, Rose said. country due to heavy rains, resulting occupants of 86 homes in the London, Jul 13 — A press report, in several cities along China’s eastern Westcreek area were urged to dated Jul 12, states: The muddy river seaboard being evacuated on Saturday evacuate, local officials said. and creek water that spilled over its (Jul 8). London, Jul 10 — A press report, banks in the last week of June caused Busan, Jul 12 — Container Carrier dated Jul 9, states: A powerful storm estimated property damage in excess Zim Japan (37209 gt, built 1991), tore through Milwaukee and of $20 million in Montgomery County, Container Carrier Easline Tianjin Waukesha counties today. When it was according county public safety Deputy (10649 gt, built 1985) and Container over, trees were down, drivers were Director Michelle R. Jackson. The Carrier Wan Hai 213 (17138 gt, built stranded in floodwaters and thousands county was “extremely fortunate” that 1993) each lost containers overboard were left without power. The storm no one was killed or seriously injured off South Korea, during typhoon packed winds as high as 60 miles an in the flooding brought on by “Ewiniar”. Zim Japan lost 24 hour. Heavy downpours triggered torrential rains, added commissioners’ containers at approximately 0700 hrs, flash-flooding that closed many streets Chairman Thomas J. Ellis. Their Jul 10, south of Seogui-po, Jeju Island, and highways. We Energies reports comments came as Jackson delivered a Korea. At about 1040 hrs, the same power was knocked out to 40,000 flood impact status report to the day, Easline Tianjin, on a loaded customers. Crews will be working commissioners on Jul 6. A total of 484 passage from China to Busan, lost 171 through the night to get power buildings sustained some damage from containers overboard, approximately restored. the floodwaters including 267 single- 12 miles south-west of Sori-do (island) London, Jul 10 — A press report, family residences, 51 multi-family off Yosu, Korea. At about 1040 hrs, dated today, states: The cost estimate buildings such as apartments or also on Jul 10, Wan Hai 213, on a for damages at a Binghamton hospital townhouses buildings and 166 loaded passage to Kwangyang, Korea, as a result of last week’s flooding has businesses. However, according to the lost 11 containers overboard, doubled. The president of Lourdes department’s initial report, no approximately five miles south of Sori- Hospital says the price tag now is building was totally destroyed. do (island) off Yosu, Korea. Salvage of expected to approach 20 million Montgomery County was given a the lost containers is being carried out dollars. And John O-Neil told federal disaster designation last by local salvors. — Lloyd’s Agents. Binghamton radio station W-N-B-F Thursday (Jul 6), raising to 15 the that the ultimate cost may top that total number of counties receiving UNITED STATES figure. O-Neil says about half of the federal aid. This designation enables London, Jul 6 — A press report, damage should be covered by flood homeowners, renters and businesses dated today, states: The Federal insurance. He says the hospital may to get financial assistance, whether Emergency Management Agency has receive some federal and state from grants or low-interest loans, to sent a team to Alamogordo, New assistance to cover some of the costs. aid them in recovering from the Mexico, to assess damages from London, Jul 10 — A press report, disaster. flooding in the south-central dated today, states: Montgomery London, Jul 13 — A press report, community last month. Federal, state County, New York, businesses have dated today, states: Up to 9 inches of and city officials were to meet this sustained at least $100 million in rain brought flooding to Indiana and morning to discuss the damage and to economic damage from the flooding Ohio yesterday, killing a woman, while visit areas of Alamogordo that were which hit the Mohawk Valley the last a tornado in a county north of New hardest hit. FEMA officials made a week in June, county economic York City partly collapsed a preliminary visit last week to survey developer Kenneth Rose said today. commercial building and ripped the roads, parks and other public Between the large and small roof off a hotel. The National Weather infrastructure damaged by the flood. businesses in the rural county, Rose Service issued a flood warning The officials will decide if there’s estimated that between 500 to 600 yesterday for several counties in enough damage to qualify as a federal people were put out of work, or are Indiana. Pam Soule, emergency disaster. That would make the city still out of work because of flooding. management director for LaGrange eligible for reimbursement from the The damage is “pretty substantial in County in Indiana, said a weather federal government. It has been the small villages that are our observer in Olive Lake reported 9 estimated that the cost of cleanup will economy,” Rose said. County officials inches of rain. Floodwaters damaged be more than $5 million. are certain that state and federal at least seven homes in Topeka and London, Jul 10 — A press report, money will be available to help these two homes in Clearspring Township. dated Jul 9, states: Flash flooding businesses get running again, Rose Topeka firefighters were filling blocked roads, inundated homes and said, but that takes time. In the sandbags to protect other homes, but forced evacuations in parts of the interim, the county Board of she said conditions were improving. Southwest. More thunderstorms and Supervisors is expected to vote Meanwhile, a tornado in Mount heavy rain were likely today in New Wednesday (Jul 12) night to make $6 Pleasant, N.Y., threw a truck onto

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gasoline pumps, partly collapsed a kilometres from Merapi’s peak,” an soldiers wounded in the attack, 10 km commercial building and ripped off a expert from the Yogyakarta north of the provincial capital, Tirin hotel’s roof. There were no reported volcanology office told AFP. Kot. “The enemy frequently used the injuries, officials said, but power was compound as a sanctuary to conduct knocked out to more than 4,000 SOUFRIERE HILLS, MONTSERRAT operations against local Afghans, residents. In North Dakota, parts of London, Jul 11 — A press report, government officials and coalition which reported temperatures in the dated Jul 10, states: The Montserrat forces,” the U.S. military said, adding 100s yesterday, a storm damaged more Volcano Observatory said today there there were no reports of civilian than two dozen buildings in the had been “long-period earthquakes casualties. In separate incidents, McLean County town of Coleharbor, and rock falls” at the Soufriere Hills gunmen attacked a police post about blew grain bins through town and volcano since Jun 27. In a statement 30 km southwest of Kabul yesterday destroyed an old brick schoolhouse, issued today, the MVO said night. Nine attackers were wounded authorities said. Two minor injuries photographs showed that the dome and captured, the Interior Ministry were reported. volume was approximately 27 million said. Two rocket-propelled grenades cubic metres, giving an average were fired at a NATO base in Kabul growth rate of about eight cubic yesterday evening. No one was hurt, metres per second over the past the force said. — Reuters. month. The seismic network has so far London, Jul 10 — Britain announced recorded 17 hybrid earthquakes, six today it will send 900 more troops and volcano-tectonic earthquakes, 194 rock additional helicopters to southern fall signals, and 448 long period Afghanistan, where a force meant as earthquakes. The MVO said access to the spearhead of a NATO peace all areas south of Richmond Hill, and mission has faced fierce Taliban TONGA south of Jack Boy Hill to Bramble resistance. The first reinforcements, a London, Jul 7 — A report, dated Airport and beyond were prohibited at company of about 150 infantry, will be today, states: A magnitude 6.1 all times. Last month the dome of the urgently dispatched within days from earthquake occurred in lat 15.26S, Soufriere Hills Volcano collapsed, a base in Cyprus. Others will arrive long 173.61W, in Tonga at 0726, UTC, sending pyroclastic flows down the over three months, bringing the total today. Depth 35 km. eastern side of the island and ash to 4,500 in the south of Afghanistan, clouds just over 12,000 feet into the Defence Secretary Des Browne said. A air. thousand more are based at NATO headquarters in Kabul. Commanders had asked for the additional manpower after moving against guerrillas into remote mountain regions of northern Helmand province, Browne said. British troops are spearheading a major expansion of NATO peacekeepers into volatile areas MOUNT GALERAS, COLOMBIA in the south of the country. The new London, Jul 13 — The Galeras AFGHANISTAN troops will be a mix of engineers, volcano in south-west Colombia shot London, Jul 7 — A press report, Royal Marines, infantry battalions rocks, gas and ash in an eruption dated today, states: One US-led and headquarters staff backing up a today that prompted the government coalition soldier has been killed and battalion of elite paratroopers already to evacuate about 10,000 nearby another wounded in fighting in on the ground. Browne also said more residents. Television images showed southern Afghanistan, a coalition helicopters would be sent, but he gave thick clouds of ash hanging over the spokesman says. Coalition forces no further details. For now, town of Pasto in Narino province. No returned fire after militants killed helicopters already in the field will be injuries were immediately reported. the soldier travelling in an army flown for longer hours. Military “The negative health effects could be convoy in Helmand province. Five sources say aircraft will have to be serious and this could be only the militants died in the clash. The diverted from deployments around the beginning of a series of eruptions,” nationality of the coalition soldiers globe. A shortage of transport government disaster response has not been confirmed. The news helicopters is just one example of how coordinator Eduardo Gonzalez told comes as the British government the deepening Afghan commitment reporters. considers a request for more troops to has stretched a British military be sent to Afghanistan. In a separate already working flat out for three MOUNT MERAPI, INDONESIA incident, three other suspected years in Iraq. Commanders say London, Jul 12 — A press report, Taleban militants were killed while reinforcements are needed in dated today, states: The Indonesian planting a bomb on a road in response to a surge in guerrilla authorities have downgraded the alert Helmand province, the provincial attacks that greeted the British status for Mount Merapi after a recent police chief said today. Ghulam Nabi troops on their arrival in Afghanistan decrease in volcanic activity. The Malakhail said that the three men over the last months. But they also central Java volcano began emitting were killed and two others wounded hope those attacks will wane after gas clouds, ash and streams of lava in when the bomb they were planting in the Taliban weigh the heavy losses May, prompting scientists to declare Grishk district exploded. they have sustained in challenging the highest alert level. The latest Kabul, Jul 10 — U.S. and Afghan the British head on. “The Taliban decision means residents who were government forces killed more than 40 have seized some local initiative,” taken away from Merapi’s slopes can suspected Taliban in a ground and air another senior commander said. He return to their homes, but officials assault on a militant stronghold in the said they were attacking in fairly warned people not to get too close to south of the country today, the U.S. large forces in relatively exposed the restive mountain. Government military said. U.S.-led coalition and positions, taking heavy casualties. volcanologist Subandrio confirmed the Afghan forces attacked the insurgent “One wonders how long the Taliban decision to lower the alert. “There compound in Uruzgan province after can in good conscience continue to have been no more hot clouds in the coming under small-arms fire, the take such casualties,” he added. But past two days, while avalanches of hot U.S. military said. “Afghan national he said it was too early to predict lava also have decreased in both security forces and coalition troops whether attacks will soon subside. — frequency and reach,” the Associated conducted a raid on a known extremist Reuters. Press news agency quoted him as compound July 10, killing more than London, Jul 11 — A press report, saying. But officials said this did not 40 extremists,” it said in a statement. dated today, states: Coalition and mean the danger was over. “People are One member of the Afghan force was Afghan forces hunting a Taliban advised not to get nearer than eight killed and three U.S.-led coalition commander killed an estimated 30

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17 Political & Civil Unrest extremists today in a raid on a hide- weeks before the expiry of an amnesty wing party whose stronghold is in out in southern Afghanistan, the aimed at ending years of strife, Mumbai. The party has little political military said. The firefight came a day newspapers reported today. Two impact outside the western state of after a US warplane bombed another campers were also wounded when the Maharashtra which includes Mumbai. militant hide-out in southern rebels attacked the site in Larhat, It has been accused of stoking Afghanistan, killing more than 40 near Tipasa, some 130 km west of the simmering communal tensions in the Taliban fighters, the military said. capital Algiers on Monday (Jul 10) city during a confrontational four- Wounded Afghans from the raid said night, daily newspapers El Watan and decade history. Its followers, Shiv today that children and women were El Khabar said, citing witnesses. The Sainiks, have been accused of violent killed. Today’s raid took place in five victims were ensuring security for campaigning against “outsiders” Sangin village in the volatile Helmand around 50 families at the campsite including Mumbai’s minority Muslim province, where more than 3,000 when the assailants surprised them population. “If derogatory cartoons NATO-led British troops have been shortly before midnight, the papers appearing in a far off Denmark deploying to take over security control said. The rebels set fire to three newspaper can have repercussions in from US forces. “The purpose of this vehicles and grabbed campers’ mobile India, this incident is bound to have operation was to capture or kill a phones and other personal belongings reactions from Shiv Sainiks,” party Taliban commander and his close before fleeing into a forest nearby. The head Uddhav Thackeray said. Police associates, who have actively planned newspapers did not identify the promised a firm response admits and carried out attacks on Afghan and attackers but security experts usually reports of minor disturbances Coalition Forces in the Helmand and blame such killings on the al Qaeda- elsewhere in the state. There were no Kandahar provinces,” the military aligned Salafist Group for Preaching serious injuries reported. said in a statement. It didn’t identify and Combat (GSPC), which opposes London, Jul 11 — A press report, the Taliban commander and it was the amnesty offered by President dated today, states: Four near unclear if he was among the 30 Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The government simultaneous blasts in Indian- militants the military estimated were says around 2,200 jailed rebels have administered Kashmir have left at killed. The military did not explain been freed under the amnesty. Those least seven people dead and more than how it came to that figure. Yesterday, still at large have been offered a 20 people injured, police say. Six a US war plane dropped four 500- pardon provided they were not tourists died after suspected militants pound bombs on what the military involved in massacres, rapes and threw a grenade at their vehicle in the said was a militant hide-out in bombings of public places. The peace city of Srinagar. It is not yet clear who southern Uruzgan province’s capital of offer came into force in February and carried out the attacks in the summer Tirin Kot. More than 40 extremists will expire at the end of August. — capital. This is the fourth time were killed, the military said. But Reuters. tourists have been targeted this year witnesses, including an Afghan in Srinagar, which is experiencing a woman with face and leg injuries, said COLOMBIA revival in tourist numbers after years at least four civilians were killed and Bogota, Jul 11 — Colombian soldiers of violence. Security has been wounded and homes destroyed by at killed at least 15 Marxist rebels in tightened across Indian-administered least two helicopter gunships that four separate clashes across the Kashmir and police are searching fired on the town. (See issue of Jul 12.) country today, the army said. The vehicles. The biggest attack took place London, Jul 13 — A press report, fighting came as President Alvaro in Dal Lake in the heart of Srinagar dated today, states: Coalition and Uribe prepares to start his second when a vehicle carrying tourists from Afghan forces killed at least 19 term next month. The army said the the Indian state of West Bengal was Taliban militants during an insurgent dead rebels were from the 17,000- attacked. Three of those killed were attack on a police headquarters in strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of women. Twelve people were injured. southern Afghanistan, the governor’s Colombia, or FARC. No soldiers died The second attack took place in the spokesman said today. Taliban in the battles, which took place in four city’s Regal Square - a busy market militants poured into the Helmand provinces from the southern jungles of area in the heart of Srinagar - which provincial town of Nawzad around Caqueta to the central mountains of left four people injured. One person midday yesterday and set up positions Cundinamarca. — Reuters. was killed and 11 people, including around a police compound where two children, were wounded in two Afghan soldiers and police, along with EAST TIMOR other attacks which followed soon coalition forces, were based, Liquica, East Timor, Jul 11 — A rebel after in the busy Lal Chowk area. spokesman Ghulam Muhiddin said. leader at the centre of allegations London, Jul 11 — A press report, “The Taliban surrounded this area, against East Timor’s former prime dated today, states: Seven bombs hit including a nearby bazaar, and told all minister laid down his arms today, a Bombay’s commuter rail network their shopkeepers to leave before symbolic move aimed at building peace during rush hour this evening, killing attacking the compound with small- in Asia’s newest nation. Jose Ramos- at least 135 people and wounding arms fire and rocket-propelled Horta, who took over as prime more than 300 in what authorities grenades,’’ Muhiddin told The minister yesterday, has pledged to called a well-coordinated terrorist Associated Press. Coalition warplanes restore security in the tiny, attack. There was no immediate claim launched several airstrikes, killing 12 impoverished country after weeks of of responsibility in the bombings, militants after hitting a Taliban political crisis and violence. Ramos- which came in quick succession, a vehicle and another seven when they Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, common tactic employed by Kashmiri struck an insurgent position near the was appointed after the June 26 militants. India’s major cities were put compound, Muhiddin said. Separately, resignation of Mari Alkatiri, who faces on high alert after the blasts. Indian a bomb rigged to a hand-powered questioning over allegations of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tricycle for the disabled exploded and illegally arming of civilians. — called an emergency Cabinet meeting wounded four people in the northern Reuters. and said that “terrorists’’ were behind city of Mazar-i-Sharif early today, the attacks. The Bombay bombings local police official Nasseruddin INDIA came hours after a series of grenade Hamdad said. London, Jul 9 — A press report, attacks by Islamic extremists killed dated today, states: Indian police fired eight people in the main city of India’s ALBANIA tear gas to quell protests in the part of Kashmir. Police also reportedly Bari, Jul 6 — Product tanker Ambar economic capital Mumbai after Hindu carried out raids across the country is still under arrest at Bari. — Lloyd’s nationalist party activists torched a following the Bombay blasts.Indian Agents. bus in a row over a vandalised Home Minister Shivraj Patil told monument. Police reported sporadic reporters that authorities had had ALGERIA cases of stone-throwing after mud was some information that an attack was Algiers, Jul 12 — Islamist militants smeared on a monument of the late coming, “but place and time was not shot dead five municipal guards at a wife of Bal Thackeray. He is founder of known.’’ The first explosion hit the campsite in an Algerian coastal town, Shiv Sena, or Shiva’s Army, a right- train at a railway station in the

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18 Political & Civil Unrest northwestern suburb of Khar, said a two countries gained independence carrying out a raid aimed at arresting police officer. India’s CNN-IBN from Britain in 1947, but both claim it an “insurgent leader” blamed for a television news, which had a reporter in full. — Reuters. series of attacks. A senior official in aboard one train, said a blast struck a Mumbai, Jul 12 — Millions of people Moqtada Sadr’s office said the first-class compartment as the train in India’s financial capital returned to intended target of the operation was was moving, ripping through the work today a day after a wave of Abu Dera, a senior figure in the Mehdi compartment and killing more than a bombings, as Prime Minister Army. Reports suggest the raid may dozen people. The Press Trust of India, Manmohan Singh said the country have been linked to the abduction of a citing railway officials, said all the would not kneel to terrorism. Sunni woman MP seized in Baghdad blasts had hit first-class cars. Pranay Investigators said they had prepared on Sunday (Jul 2). Gunfire erupted Prabhakar, the spokesman for the sketches of three suspects seen at quickly as troops attempted to reach Western Railway, said all train service some of the sites of the seven co- their target in the narrow lanes of had been suspended and appealed to ordinated bomb blasts that killed at Sadr City, which is “a huge slum” in the public to stay away from stations least 186 people. Suspicion fell on the east of the capital dominated by in the city. Pakistan-based militants fighting Shia Iraqis and home to the militants, Mumbai, Jul 12 — Police stepped up Indian rule in Kashmir. Yesterday’s in particular those who support security across India today after attacks, on crowded rush-hour railway Moqtada Sadr. The densely-populated bombs killed more than 160 people carriages and stations, seemed to have district is home to some two million and wounded hundreds in packed been aimed at the heart of India’s people. The US military said no US or commuter trains and stations in the economic success story, but just hours Iraqi forces were injured during the financial hub, Mumbai. “I urge people later the city’s residents were back at fighting. The operation began at 0200 to remain calm, not to believe rumours work and the stock market was steady. hrs (2200, UTC, Jul 6). An official in and carry on their activity normally,” Around 700 people were wounded Moqtada Sadr’s office said that US Indian Prime Minister Manmohan when the bombs blew apart railway and Iraqi troops were supported by Singh said, calling the seven carriages and stations packed with tanks, armoured vehicles and aircraft. explosions that took place during the rush-hour commuters in the space of Baghdad, Jul 9 — Shi’ite militiamen evening rush hour yesterday a just 11 minutes. “It’s a little scary, but stormed through a Sunni Arab district “shameful act”. There was no we have no option to go back to work,” of Baghdad today, shooting dozens in immediate claim of responsibility for said Amita Rane, a 24-year-old the city’s bloodiest street killings yet the attacks but suspicion was likely to chartered accountant. Relatives and and raising new fears that Iraq is on centre on Muslim militants fighting friends of victims were today still the brink of sectarian civil war. As New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir, poring over survivors’ lists at city evening fell, two car bombs exploded who have been blamed for several hospitals or trying to identify charred near a Shi’ite mosque in north-eastern bomb attacks in India in the past. and mutilated corpses. Police said they Baghdad, killing 19 people and Extra security was brought in country- had conducted several raids in and wounding 59, police said. Gunfire wide both to prevent any further around Mumbai in the search for the rattled across two Sunni attacks and to guard against any perpetrators. “We have leads on three neighbourhoods. Gunmen killed at possible backlash against the minority people who were lurking around, and least 42 people in the western Jihad Muslim community. The blasts on the basis of that we have prepared district, Interior Ministry sources said, brought worldwide expressions of sketches,” Sanjeev Dayal, a senior in a rampage likely to fuel calls for outrage. Police inspector Ashok state police officer, said. Security was Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Jadhav said the bomb blasts had killed stepped up at railway stations, parks, tackle powerful militias, blamed for 163 people and wounded around 460. markets and religious institutions much of the sectarian violence. Many Commuters fled suburban rail stations across the country to prevent further of the victims were killed after being in panic after the explosions and attacks and possible violence between pulled from their cars at fake police mobile phone lines were jammed. TV Hindus and Muslims. The explosions checkpoints, close to a Shi’ite mosque stations said an eighth bomb was happened hours after a series of where a car bomb killed three people defused in a Mumbai suburban grenade attacks on tourists in yesterday. The violence was a blow to station. D.K Shankaran, chief Srinagar, capital of Indian Kashmir, Maliki’s national reconciliation plan, secretary of the state of Maharashtra, which killed eight people. Another which aims to end the bloodletting of which Mumbai is the capital, said grenade explosion at a mountain between his fellow Shi’ites and the the city would bounce back. “Mumbai resort in Kashmir today wounded five once-dominant Sunnis that has will be up tomorrow. Every single more tourists. Police in Kashmir pitched Iraq towards all-out urban school, college and office will remain blamed the attacks there on the warfare in recent months. Police and open,” he said. However, India’s Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which Sunni politicians blamed rogue police financial markets were expected to authorities say is backed by Pakistan commandos and the Mehdi Army suffer on Wednesday, with analysts and was also behind bomb blasts in militia of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al- saying the attacks were likely knock crowded markets in New Delhi last Sadr for today’s killings, but officials foreign investor confidence. The blasts October that killed more than 60. from Sadr’s movement, part of Maliki’s occurred on five trains and at two Newspapers quoted unnamed security Shi’ite Islamist bloc, denied any stations in Mumbai’s western suburbs, sources as naming Lashkar as the involvement. Police and Interior which are linked to the downtown prime suspect for the Mumbai blasts, Ministry sources said Shi’ite gunmen office and business areas mainly by an but the group denied any role in the moved through Jihad district, overground rail network used by some “inhuman and barbaric acts”. checking people’s identity papers for 6.5 million people each day. All Pakistan, which denies supporting the typically Sunni names. One said Sunni suburban train services in the city militants, condemned what it called men had been herded into side streets were suspended after the blasts but by the “terrorist attack” in Mumbai. — and gunned down. “Gunmen are late yesterday a limited service was Reuters. killing Sunni civilians according to running on the western line, along their identity cards,” an Interior which the attacks took place. The first IRAQ Ministry official said. A senior Shi’ite attack took place at 1824 hrs (1154, London, Jul 7 — A press report, politician said Mehdi Army fighters UTC), with the others following in dated today, states: At least seven from eastern Baghdad had moved into quick succession. The Mumbai blasts people have been killed in Baghdad in Jihad today but insisted they were came hours after suspected Islamist clashes between a Shia militia group only taking on Sunni militants militants killed seven people, six of and US and Iraqi troops, police and responsible for killing Shi’ites. “There them tourists, in grenade attacks in witnesses say. Mehdi Army fighters, are many terrorist groups in Jihad Indian Kashmir’s main city, Srinagar, loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada who are killing Shi’ite families so they police said, the most concerted Sadr, battled troops for four hours in went to fight them,” he said. Iraqi targeting of civilians in months. Baghdad’s eastern Sadr City district. forces imposed a curfew in Jihad after Kashmir has been split between India Iraqi officials said about 30 people the shootings and President Jalal and Pakistan since shortly after the were injured. The US said troops were Talabani, a Kurd, appealed for unity.

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19 Political & Civil Unrest

Medical staff at west Baghdad’s main the Interior Ministry imposed a Amriya. Addressing a heated hospital said they had received 29 curfew until 0800 hrs (0400, UTC) parliamentary session on a day in bodies from Jihad, overwhelming their today. One police source said six which at least 30 other people were morgue. There were reports of more militiamen lay dead on Dora bridge killed around Baghdad and an Iraqi bodies lying in the streets, they said. after a shootout with residents. diplomat was kidnapped, Ali al-Adib, The Interior Ministry’s press office Another said the gunbattles involved from the prime minister’s Dawa party and the US military said only 12 militias on one side and the Iraqi said: “The country is sliding fast bodies had been found. Iraqi troops police and army on the other and that towards civil war.” US ambassador to launched a pre-dawn raid on five soldiers were wounded. Sadr’s Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad acknowledged Kadhimiya in west Baghdad, killing group rejected accusations by Sunni that a security crackdown in Baghdad nine militants and capturing seven, leaders and police that it was behind had not yet curbed violence. “It has the US military said. The bloodshed killings in the mainly Sunni Jihad not produced the results they expected followed days of apparently tit-for-tat district of west Baghdad yesterday, so far. The plan is being reviewed and attacks on Sunni and Shi’ite mosques when bands of gunmen set up adjustments will be made. No, it has and operations by US-backed Iraqi roadblocks and hauled people with not performed to the level that was troops to capture Shi’ite militia Sunni-sounding names from cars to expected,” Khalilzad said in warlords, seen as a threat to Maliki’s shoot them. They also killed others in Washington in an appearance at the fledgling national unity coalition. streets and homes. Those killings, the Centre for Strategic and International Maliki has vowed to disband militias worst of their kind yet seen in the Studies. “I believe that securing — some tied to parties in his city, came after a car bomb attack on Baghdad is critical,” he said. “Violent government — that are carving a Shi’ite mosque in Jihad on Saturday sectarianism is now the main Baghdad into sectarian no-go areas (Jul 8) evening and were followed by a challenge. It’s imperative for the new and are accused by Sunnis of running double car bombing at another Shi’ite Iraqi government to make major death squads. — Reuters. mosque late yesterday that killed 19. progress in dealing with this challenge Baghdad, Jul 10 — Militia gunmen Maliki has vowed to disband militias, in the next six months.” In Baquba, clashed with police and local residents some tied to parties in his north of Baghdad, police said a Shi’ite outside a Sunni mosque in a violent government, that are carving mosque in the town’s Tahrir district area of southern Baghdad today, police Baghdad into sectarian no-go areas. had been completely destroyed in an and Sunni politicians said. Details of But he faces an uphill struggle as explosion. Heavy fighting was going on the shooting around the Hatem al- most, including the Mehdi Army, have in the streets nearby. Earlier in the Saadoun mosque in Dora around powerful allies inside the ruling day, two suicide bombers wearing midday were sketchy. One Sunni coalition. — Reuters. explosives-laden vests and a roadside politician said Shi’ite militiamen had Baghdad, Jul 11 — A suicide bomber bomb killed 15 civilians and an Iraqi attacked the area. It came a day after blew himself up outside Baghdad’s policeman in co-ordinated blasts Shi’ite gunmen stormed a Sunni heavily fortified Green Zone outside the main public entrance to district, killing over 40 people. — government compound today, killing Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone Reuters. five people and wounding 10, police government and diplomatic compound, Baghdad, Jul 10 — Iraq’s prime said. The blast struck near one of the the US military said. — Reuters. minister pleaded for Iraqis to “unite as restaurants outside the main public London, Jul 12 — A press report, brothers” today as a fresh spasm of entrance. The Green Zone houses the dated today, states: The bodies of 23 violence gripped Baghdad, where 60 U.S. and British embassies as well as people have been found following the people were killed at the weekend in a Iraqi government buildings. — kidnapping of bus drivers north-east dramatic escalation of sectarian Reuters. of Baghdad, police say. Earlier, a bloodletting. Two bomb blasts in a Baghdad, Jul 11 — Suicide bombers suicide bomber killed seven and Shi’ite neighborhood killed 12 and struck outside Baghdad’s fortified wounded 20 people after walking into wounded dozens, while gunmen Green Zone today, killing 16 people, a restaurant in eastern Baghdad. The ambushed a commuter bus in a Sunni close to where parliament met in latest violence comes as US Defence district and shot dead seven people. heated session to hear at least one Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a Militiamen, believed to be Shi’ite, lawmaker warn that civil war was surprise visit to Baghdad for meetings fought gunbattles in a southern Sunni close at hand. Since parliament last with US commanders and Iraq district. Fearing Iraq is moving ever met last week, dozens have been killed officials. Mr Rumsfeld said talks with closer to all-out civil war, President in the capital in bombings and some of PM Nouri Maliki would focus on Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, had appealed the worst attacks yet seen by security and a reconciliation process for calm, warning that the country sectarian gunmen; militants in a for Iraqis. They would also discuss was on “the edge of a slippery slope”. Sunni area ambushed a minibus full of training for Iraqi security forces but Two bombs blasted a Baghdad area Shi’ite mourners, killing 10 of them. not the question of US troop that is a stronghold of Shi’ite militia Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a withdrawals, he said. Also today, fighters early today, a day after Shi’ite leading a US- backed national Prime Minister Maliki told the Iraqi suspected Shi’ite gunmen stormed unity coalition, condemned an “awful parliament that a plan by militants to through a Sunni area and killed over crime” by terrorists “trying to incite occupy parts of western Baghdad had 40. Twelve people were killed and 62 sectarian strife.” An al Qaeda-led been thwarted. “There was a plan to wounded, police said, in the car bomb group posted video on the Internet of occupy Baghdad’s districts west of the blasts near a telephone exchange in two mutilated corpses. It said they Tigris but Iraqi forces were able to the eastern Talbiya district. It is a were American soldiers kidnapped and thwart this occupation,” he told bastion of the Mehdi Army militia of killed last month and claimed they parliament. Gunmen seized about two radical, young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. died to avenge the alleged rape and dozen people from the bus station in Police in the notoriously violent Sunni murder of a local teenager by US the town of Muqdadiya, in Diyala district of Amriya found four bodies on troops. On a positive note, the main province, some 90km north-east of a commuter bus. Three others, political bloc of the once dominant Baghdad, earlier on Wednesday. including a woman, lay in the street Sunni minority ended a week-old Reports say some if not all who were nearby, apparently dragged from the boycott of parliament, saying it had taken were bus drivers. Police in the bus and shot. Their religious encouraging news about the fate of a town said that 23 bodies were later affiliation was not immediately clear. woman member kidnapped in a Shi’ite found. In the mostly Shi’ite western district neighbourhood 10 days ago. As night of Ammil, unknown gunmen opened fell on Baghdad, however, in a pattern ISRAEL fire on an unmarked car carrying four seen for the last few days, there was London, Jul 6 — A press report, policemen, killing three, police said. more violence. A car bomb in the dated today, states: Israeli forces There were conflicting reports about western Alam district killed five and today took over the remains of three clashes involving suspected Shi’ite wounded 17, police said, while clashes abandoned Jewish settlements in the militia fighters in the Sunni Dora erupted between militia fighters and northern Gaza Strip and entered a district in southern Baghdad, where residents in the violent Sunni area of nearby Palestinian town, creating a

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20 Political & Civil Unrest temporary buffer zone to prevent search for the missing soldier”. Gaza, Jul 12 — Israeli tanks and Palestinian militants from firing Meanwhile the interior minister in the troops pushed into the central Gaza rockets at Israel. The army last week Hamas-led Palestinian government, Strip today, expanding a two-week-old launched its largest operation in the Said Siyam, urged all the offensive aimed at recovering a coastal area since it withdrew from administration’s security forces to captured soldier and stopping rocket the territory a year ago. The fight Israeli troops. In a statement attacks by Palestinian militants. operation, which followed the capture read out by his spokesman, Khalid Israel has rejected international of an Israeli soldier, was expanded Abu Hilal, he called on them to do criticism of its biggest operation in overnight after militants from the their duty by “resisting this the Gaza Strip since abandoning the ruling Hamas group fired two home- treacherous invasion and aggression of territory last year after 38 years of made rockets at the southern Israeli the cowardly Zionists”. This morning’s occupation, vowing to continue the city of Ashkelon, which used to be out air strikes targeted armed offensive indefinitely. A Palestinian of their range. No one was hurt in the Palestinians, the Israeli military said. policeman was killed after clashes attack on Ashkelon but it infuriated One Hamas militant was killed and erupted between gunmen and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who three others were wounded after forces near the town of Deir el Balah, pledged the rocket strikes would have Israeli forces opened fire on them from residents said. Militants tried to fire “far-reaching consequences.” Cabinet an aircraft, Hamas and hospital makeshift rockets towards the minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said officials said. The UN Security Council Kissufim border crossing as a column the Israeli tanks and troops would in New York debated a draft resolution of dozens of armoured vehicles and avoid entering the densely populated demanding an immediate Israeli hundreds of soldiers pushed into towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit withdrawal from Gaza and the release central Gaza, but the rockets Hanoun, which are often used as of detained Palestinian officials. The appeared to fall short of the troops. rocket launching grounds by militants. draft was presented by Qatar on “Our main target is the terrorist Gunfire and tank fire were heard on behalf of the UN’s Arab Group, but infrastructure — the rocket crews, the the outskirts of Beit Lahiya, and appears doomed in view of opposition gunmen, the arms caches,” said Palestinian medics said one from the US, a veto-wielding Israeli commander Colonel Yoel. “But Palestinian was killed in a shootout. permanent members. The draft does of course we are here to show that if, Israeli leaders said their aim is to stop not mention the Palestinian rocket God forbid, any of us is captured by the rocket fire and bring back the attacks or Cpl Shalit’s capture, and the enemy, the army will do captured soldier, and there are no the US ambassador to the UN, John everything to secure his return.” plans to reoccupy Gaza. Israeli Bolton, said the document was “not Israel sent a force into southern Gaza artillery and aircraft assisted the balanced”. Little is known about the on Jun 28, three days after Corporal ground troops, striking bases and fate of Cpl Shalit, captured in a cross- Gilad Shalit was abducted by groups of militants. Hamas officials border raid by a joint militant force militants who tunnelled their way said one militant was killed early including fighters from Hamas, but under the border fence. Later, Israeli today and another wounded in an air Israeli officials believe he is still alive. tanks entered northern Gaza after strike on a Gaza beach. The army said Gaza, Jul 10 — An Israeli air strike rockets fired from the area fell on a the air force had targeted an armed killed one Hamas militant and major city. Israel has repeatedly militant. In another incident, a Hamas wounded two others in the Gaza Strip rejected demands from militants of militant and a Palestinian policeman today, medical officials said. The the ruling Hamas Islamist group to were killed and 11 others wounded in Israeli army said it had fired at a free Palestinian prisoners from its an explosion along the northern part group that was firing rockets into jails in exchange for Shilat’s release. of the beach. Palestinians said Israeli Israel. Israel has vowed to pursue air Hamas fighters helped capture the 19- tanks or gunboats shelled the area. An and ground assaults in the Gaza Strip year-old tank gunner. About 60 Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza indefinitely to bring about the release Palestinians, at least 20 of them Strip today hit a group of people, of an abducted soldier and halt cross- civilians, have been killed since the killing two people and wounding border rocket attacks. — Reuters. Israeli offensive began. — Reuters. several others, Palestinian officials Gaza, Jul 11 — Israeli air strikes killed London, Jul 11 — A press report, said. The army confirmed it had a militant and wounded several gunmen dated today, states: Six people, carried out an airstrike in Khan and civilians in Gaza today as part of an including two children, have been Younis after Israeli forces were offensive that Palestinian Prime killed and 15 injured in Gaza City attacked with anti-tank missiles and a Minister Ismail Haniyeh said would after a blast destroyed a house during rocket. Militants gathered around the only ensure Israelis have no peace. “We the night. Minutes later, a car in the area after the strike, taking up present this clear message: If Israel will same neighbourhood was targeted in positions with weapons. The destroyed not allow Palestinians to live in peace, an air strike, wounding a Hamas Jewish settlements — Nissanit, Dugit dignity and national integrity, Israelis leader - he is not thought to be and Elei Sinai — are in a strategic themselves will not be able to enjoy seriously hurt. Just hours after the location just along the border with those same rights,” Haniyeh, a leader of explosions Israeli tanks rolled into the Israel. Before Israel dismantled its the militant Islamist group Hamas, central Gaza Strip in an expansion of Gaza communities, critics of the wrote in an article for the Washington the offensive aimed at freeing a withdrawal warned that the pullout Post. In the latest action in the Gaza captured soldier. Yesterday, Israeli would put more Israeli cities within Strip, Israeli aircraft fired missiles at troops moved deeper in southern Gaza rocket range. Forces also remain in militants transporting and setting up and also crossed into the northern southern Gaza, an area invaded after rockets near the northern town of Beit part of the region. Cpl Gilad Shalit was captured in a Hanoun, the Israeli army said. Local Marjayoun, Lebanon, Jul 12 — Jun 25 attack on an Israeli outpost. residents said one militant was killed Hizbollah guerrillas abducted two Their main goal is to find Shalit. and two other gunmen critically Israeli soldiers in attacks from London, Jul 7 — A press report, wounded. Several civilians were also Lebanon on Israeli border posts today, dated today, states: Israel has renewed hurt in the attacks. Israeli Prime Hizbollah television said. Israel’s its assault on the Gaza Strip with Minister Ehud Olmert pledged Channel 10 Television reported the early morning air strikes, killing one yesterday to pursue the campaign army had said two soldiers were Palestinian militant and wounding indefinitely to secure the release of missing from the border area. An three others. This followed the worst Corporal Gilad Shalit and halt daily Israeli security source said at least day of violence since Israeli forces rocket attacks against southern Israel. two Israelis were killed in the cross- entered Gaza over a soldier’s capture. Haniyeh, whose governing Hamas group border attacks by Hizbollah guerrillas. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail advocates Israel’s destruction, said in The identities of the dead were not Haniya has called for international the Washington Post “the Gaza invasion immediately clear and the Israeli intervention to stop the offensive. He is only the latest effort to destroy the army had no immediate comment on said the Israeli push was “a desperate results of fair and free elections held casualties. Lebanese security sources effort to undermine the Palestinian early this year” in the Palestinian said Israeli aircraft had bombed a key government under the pretext of a territories. — Reuters. bridge in southern Lebanon in

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21 Political & Civil Unrest response. The Syrian-backed suspected Hizbollah posts in south to supply weapons to Hezbollah. Hizbollah earlier fired dozens of Lebanon also came under Israeli Israeli leaders have also spoken of Katyusha rockets and mortar bombs bombardment from land. Hizbollah’s extending the blockade to include at Israeli border posts and a town, bold attack returned it to the frontline travel by land,. The blockade follows wounding four Israeli civilians, of the Middle East conflict. It inflicted wide-ranging Israeli air raids on according to Israeli and Lebanese the heaviest losses Israel has suffered southern Lebanon, which left 35 security sources. Israeli gunners on its northern border since it civilians dead, including at least 10 retaliated, firing salvoes of artillery withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000, children. The Hezbollah television shells into the outskirts of four and drew Olmert into a second crisis station al-Manar in southern Beirut Lebanese border villages while Israeli over captured soldiers. Israel is was also hit. The station said three of soldiers exchanged gunfire with engaged in a military offensive in the its employees were hurt. guerrillas in the area. The fighting Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants Beirut, Jul 13 — Israel struck Beirut apparently began when at least two captured a soldier on Jun 25. Israel airport and blockaded Lebanese ports rockets fired from south Lebanon killed at least 23 Palestinians, today, expanding reprisals that have exploded near Shlomi, an Israeli including nine members of one family killed 52 civilians in Lebanon since frontier town about 15 km east of the today in an air strike that destroyed a Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers Mediterranean coast. In Gaza, Israel house where the army said senior and killed eight a day earlier. The targeted Hamas’s top armed wing Hamas commanders were meeting. Lebanese Shi’ite group retaliated by commanders in an air strike today Sources said the Israeli soldiers had raining rockets onto northern Israel. A that killed six Palestinians and been seized at around 0900 hrs (0600, woman was killed and 29 people were destroyed a three-storey building UTC) across the border from Aita al- wounded, including children, in where the militants were believed to Shaab, some 15 km from the Nahariya, Israeli medics said. Despite be meeting. The Israeli military said Mediterranean coast. The Israeli army the flare-up in Lebanon, Israel the attack wounded Mohammad Deif, confirmed that two soldiers were signalled no let-up in its Gaza assault, leader of the governing Hamas captured and eight killed on the mounting an air strike that destroyed movement’s armed wing. It coincided Lebanese frontier. Nasrallah said the office of Palestinian Foreign with an armoured sweep into the Hizbollah had repelled an Israeli force Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar. At least central Gaza Strip that broadened an that tried to go into Lebanon to hunt 24 Palestinians were killed in Gaza offensive aimed at freeing the for the missing soldiers, destroying a today. Israeli aircraft bombed runways captured soldier in Gaza, Corporal tank and killing four crew members. at Beirut’s international airport, Gilad Shalit, and halting cross-border Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz forcing flights to divert to Cyprus. An rocket fire. A spokesman for Hamas’s asked his commanders to prepare civil Israeli military spokesman announced Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, one defence plans because of fears a naval blockade of Lebanese ports, of three groups whose kidnapping of Hizbollah would fire long-range saying they were used to transfer Shalit led Israel to launch its first rockets at Israeli cities and industrial “terrorists and weapons to the terror ground operations in Gaza since installations in the heart of the organisations operating in Lebanon.” quitting the territory last year, denied country. UN Secretary-General Kofi Israeli naval vessels were visible from Deif was hurt. — Reuters. Annan led widespread international the shore. A Beirut port official said calls for Hizbollah to free the two vessels had docked early in the day ISRAEL-LEBANON Israelis. — Reuters. but that the Israelis had prevented Qasmiyeh, Jul 12 — Israel’s London, Jul 13 — - Israel is imposing some empty ones from leaving. government today authorised what it an air and sea blockade on Lebanon as Sustained air strikes in south called a severe response after the part of a major offensive after two Lebanon killed at least 50 civilians Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah soldiers were seized by the militant and wounded 100 people, security captured two soldiers and killed eight group Hezbollah. Israeli warships sources said. A Lebanese army soldier others in cross-border attacks. A have entered Lebanese water to block was also killed. Israeli air strikes statement issued by Prime Minister ports, and its only international yesterday killed two civilians and a Ehud Olmert’s cabinet said Israel held airport was closed after Israeli Hizbollah fighter. Two dozen bridges the Lebanese government responsible missiles blew up its runways. Raids on have been hit, with most heavily for the attacks and for the safe return targets across south Lebanon have damaged. — Reuters. of the seized soldiers, but it offered no killed at least 35 civilians. The Beirut, Jul 13 — Israel hit South details about what type of action operation comes as Israel continues a Lebanon yesterday evening, reaching would be taken. Lebanese Prime separate offensive in the Gaza Strip Damour city and Beirut airport, Minister Fouad Siniora said his where another soldier was captured. hitting its south and eastern runways. government had not known of the The offensive in Lebanon follows a day More than nine bridges have collapsed Hizbollah attack and did not endorse of heavy fighting in which the Israelis connecting the south with Beirut. it or accept responsibility. Before the suffered their worst losses on the Telephone lines with Saida and all the announcement in Jerusalem, waves of border for several years. Hezbollah south are cut. No vessels are allowed air strikes hit a dozen bridges and guerrillas also fired volleys of rockets to leave or enter the ports. Two suspected Hizbollah posts, killing two at the northern Israeli coastal town of families of 12 persons killed and 23 Lebanese civilians and a Hizbollah Nahariya, killing one Israeli and individuals badly injured. The Israeli fighter as well as disrupting fixed-line injuring 14 others. Israeli government attack was in retaliation to the communications between Beirut and spokesman Mark Regev said that Lebanese Hizballah forces bombing south Lebanon. Hizbollah leader Israeli was responding to “an the northern side of Israel. — Lloyd’s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the unprovoked act of aggression” by Agents. soldiers had been seized to force Israel Lebanon. The US urges restraint from to release prisoners. “What we did all parties, while recognising Israel’s NIGERIA todayis the only feasible path to free right to defend itself, White House London, Jul 6 — A press report, detainees from Israeli jails,” he told a officials said. France and Russia dated today, states: Nigerian police news conference in Beirut, proposing condemned Israel’s “disproportionate said a Dutch oil worker was kidnapped indirect negotiations, not use of force”. An Israeli military by armed men this morning from a confrontation. He said the operation spokesman said Israeli naval ships Royal Dutch Shell gas plant, the latest had been in the works for five months. had entered Lebanese waters to block in a spate of hostage-taking in the Two Lebanese civilians were killed in the transfer of “terrorists and weapons country’s oil-rich southern delta. Hafiz an Israeli air raid on a coastal bridge to the terror organisations operating Ringim, police commissioner for at Qasmiyeh. Bombs hit 11 other in Lebanon”. Earlier, three missiles Bayelsa state, said the kidnappers bridges and at least 25 Lebanese were hit runways at Beirut airport, the arrived at the Shell plant in wounded, security sources said. One country’s only international airport, speedboats and took hostage an bridge, at Damour village some 16 km forcing its closure. Flights have been expatriate working for Westminster south of Beirut, was hit 12 hours after diverted to Cyprus. An Israeli army Dredging, a contractor to Royal Dutch the first shots were fired. Several spokesman said the airport was used Shell PLC. The plant is located

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22 Political & Civil Unrest outside of Yenagoa, the regional of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Aweys, went on from its June 5 capital. Ringim said the worker, the southern island of Mindanao, an capture of Mogadishu to take other Michael Loss, was a Dutch national. A army commander said today. Colonel towns across a large swathe of Shell spokesman in Nigeria, Bisi Ruperto Pabustan, a brigade southern Somalia. That has Ojediran, confirmed that “an commander in the Cotabato area, said challenged the aspirations of the expatriate was abducted in a villagers tipped off soldiers about NPA Western-backed interim government, community incident,” at Gbaran, rebels resting near a ricefield in which was formed in Kenya in 2004 outside of the regional capital of Arakan town, allowing troops to and is based in Baidoa because it is Yenagoa. Ojediran said a group of local attack. “We lost two of our boys,” too weak to go to Mogadishu. people had mounted a protest march Pabustan told reporters after the 15- Diplomats fear confrontation between in Gbaran earlier today to demand minute gun battle. “The rebels the two sides and a military jobs, roads and schools for their suffered heavy casualties. We’re now intervention by anti-Islamist Ethiopia. community. “While this was going on, searching for wounded rebels in Talks between the government and some men in military uniform went to hospitals and clinics in Cotabato Islamists to avert that are scheduled the project site and took the province.” — Reuters. to take place in Sudan on Jul 15. — expatriate,” Ojediran said. The Reuters. hostage-taking was the second in less RUSSIA Mogadishu, Jul 10 — Fighting surged than 24 hours in Nigeria’s chaotic, oil- Moscow, Jul 10 — Russia’s Chechen in Mogadishu today between Islamist rich southern delta. Late yesterday, a separatists confirmed today that militias and fighters loyal to the city’s group of gunmen raided an offshore oil warlord Shamil Basayev was dead but last warlords, pushing the death toll rig and seized a security guard as they said in an Internet statement he was over two days to at least 60 and retreated, according to the Nigerian killed in an accidental blast and not pounding a key hospital with artillery navy. The attackers forced their way by Russian forces. “The Chechen and gunfire. Residents feared the onto a rig drilling for Nigerian commander died when a truck loaded death toll would climb even further in company Consolidated Oil and with explosives accidentally blew up,” the most ferocious fighting in the kidnapped a retired navy officer said the site. “The (rebel spokesman) capital since the Islamists seized it a working as a security guard, navy denied all statements by the Russian month ago from an alliance of U.S.- spokesman Captain Obiora Medani side of a special operation against backed warlords. Witnesses said the said. Medani said the attackers told Basayev in which he is supposed to renewed fighting, which erupted in the Consolidated Oil that they came from have died.” — Reuters. afternoon after a morning lull, nearby Sangana community. The intensified throughout the day as group is accusing the oil firm of not SOMALIA fighters exchanged rocket, artillery meeting the terms of an agreement to Mogadishu, Jul 9 — Islamist militia and machinegun fire. “The hospital is help provide them with jobs and local ambushed fighters loyal to defeated under very heavy mortar and artillery amenities, he said. (See issue of Jul 7.) Somali warlords in Mogadishu early attack and stray bullets are hitting. Amsterdam, Jul 10 — A Dutchman today in a heavy battle that killed at Chaos is everywhere in the hospital abducted last week while working on least 12 people and wounded scores and staff are running away,” Abdikadir an unfinished Shell gas plant in more, witnesses and militia sources Sheikh, a medical official at Nigeria’s violent oil-producing Niger said. The death toll looked set to rise Mogadishu’s Madina Hospital, told Delta has been freed, his employer quickly in the most serious flare-up Reuters by phone as artillery and Royal Boskalis Westminster said since the Islamists took over the gunfire crackled behind him. Sheikh today. Gunmen seized Michael Los on Somali capital from US-backed and residents of Mogadishu’s Kilometre July 6 from a houseboat after warlords on Jun 5. Mogadishu’s Five area said the death toll had risen disarming police on guard. Boskalis residents ran for cover as rival by at least 40 and nearly 100 had been said Los was in good health and would militias engaged each other with wounded since heavy street battles be repatriated to the Netherlands machine-gun fire and missiles near broke out at dawn yesterday in the later this week. “Both the Dutch the volatile Kilometre Four district of neighbouring Kilometre Four area. embassy and the government of Mogadishu which had been a pocket of Witnesses said artillery and mortar Bayelsa state have contributed warlord resistance to the Islamists. shells rained down on Kilometre Five as substantially to his release,” the firm Determined to take complete control of the battle shifted areas and cut many said, but gave no details of the terms the coastal Somali capital, the victims off from Madina. Residents said of the release. — Reuters. Islamists were targeting fighters loyal the streets were empty as militiamen Yenagoa, Jul 13 — Two suspected to Hussein Aideed, an interior traded automatic weapons fire, and explosions at crude oil pipelines minister in the interim government, “technicals” — pickup trucks mounted operated by Italian oil company Agip and another warlord Abdi Awale with heavy weapons that are Somalia’s caused massive spills in Nigeria’s Qaybdiid. “They attacked us early this version of tanks — rolled forward with southern state of Bayelsa, state morning, and took over one of our their guns blazing. The battles broke government officials said today. In a bases in the Hosh area of western out yesterday when the Islamists set a separate incident in neighbouring Mogadishu, which was in our hands daybreak ambush in Kilometre Four for Delta state, heavily armed militants for the last 15 years,” Aideed said fighters loyal to Hussein Aideed, an engaged troops protecting a convoy of from the provincial town of Baidoa, interior minister in the interim Chevron supplies in a skirmish, but seat of the government. “Our forces government, and another warlord, Abdi no-one was killed, a top military are still fighting them and will Awale Qaybdiid. Qaybdiid’s side official said. The explosions on the continue defending themselves.” Staff accused the Islamists of starting the Agip pipelines, which feed the 200,000 at one of Mogadishu’s main hospitals fight. The Islamists have taken control barrel-per-day Brass crude oil export said victims of the fighting were of most of the coastal capital and a key terminal, occurred yesterday, said pouring in on the backs of pickup swathe of Somalia, posing a serious Bayelsa state’s Commissioner for vehicles in scenes reminiscent of the threat to the interim government, Special Duties Dickson Bakebain. A battles earlier this year when the which is too weak to enter Mogadishu spokesman for Agip, a unit of Eni, said Islamists wrested control of the city and is now based in the south-central he could not immediately comment. from the warlords. “Every five town of Baidoa. Both sides are due for a The same Tebidaba-Brass pipeline was minutes, vehicles carrying wounded second round of talks in Khartoum on hit by an attack in March and resulted are coming in. We have 39 injured Saturday (Jul 14), but the fighting in the loss of 75,000 barrels per day of people so far. Two of those have appeared to imperil that. Prime crude output. — Reuters. succumbed,” said hospital Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi told the administration deputy head Ali BBC on Monday that the government PHILIPPINES Moallim. Militia sources confirmed would not meet hardline Islamists — Manila, Jul 13 — Philippine security another 10 deaths. “The death toll will repeating comments made to Reuters forces killed eight communist definitely rise,” Moallim added. The two weeks ago — nor those who broke guerrillas when soldiers and Islamist movement, headed by hard- the ceasefire agreed on at talks in June. paramilitary forces surprised a group line cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir — Reuters.

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23 Political & Civil Unrest/Labour Disputes

Mogadishu, Jul 11 — Mogadishu’s since a peace deal was signed two villages around the town. Those who last secular warlord has surrendered months ago, the head of the United escaped allege systematic rape and to powerful Islamists after losing most Nations mission in Sudan has said. executions - violence which has until of his territory following two days of Jan Pronk said people had been given now been associated with pro- heavy fighting in which at least 140 distorted information about the deal, government forces. The African Union people were killed, a hospital official meaning it had not won popular has been told that 32 people died in said today. “Approximately 140 people support. Only one of the rebel groups the initial operation and that over 50 have died and 150 others were signed it and all deadlines for were killed as Mr Minnawi’s faction injured,” Ali Moallim, a senior implementing the agreement have so consolidated its hold on the town. The administrator at Mogadishu’s Madina far been missed. The insecurity has peacekeepers have so far been denied hospital, told Reuters. “It has become meant the estimated two million access to Korma to see for themselves. necessary to surrender and give peace people displaced in the three-year Two months ago, in their haste to get a chance,” said a militiaman loyal to conflict are unwilling to go home. Two a deal, the international community warlord Abdi Awale Qaybdiid, the last months ago, after tortuous pushed through a peace agreement from a U.S.-backed self-styled anti- negotiations, Western diplomats involving just one of Darfur’s rebel terrorism alliance, who kept fighting pushed through a deal between the factions - that of Mr Minnawi. The despite his coalition losing the Somali Sudanese government and a faction of size of that mistake is now becoming capital to the Islamists militia early the Sudan Liberation Army rebels. clear. The conflict’s victims who still last month. Seeking to take complete But since then Darfur has seen more live in overcrowded camps have control of Mogadishu on Sunday (Jul violence with militias loyal to the rejected the deal. Western donors now 9), the Islamists militia ambushed government carrying out numerous find themselves promoting the Qaybdiid’s fighters and those loyal to small-scale attacks and rebel agreement alongside the Sudanese Hussein Aideed, an interior minister movements fighting amongst government and Mr Minnawi’s SLA - a in the interim government, guarding themselves. Our correspondent says in rebel force that seems more the area near the presidential palace. Darfur’s camps, public opinion has determined to settle scores than The fighting with heavy artillery and crystallised against the deal. Faced by implement the deal. mortar shells had killed at least 60 this depressing reality Mr Pronk - one people by yesterday and witnesses of the deal’s key architects - says more said another nine bodies were is needed to make the agreement recovered overnight after calm workable. This included international returned in the Kilometer Five area security guarantees and more money where the fighting was heaviest. More to give people confidence, he said. But than 100 people were wounded during Mr Pronk defended the deal despite the fighting and Mogadishu residents warning over the weekend that it said there had been no winner. Militia could collapse without further sources said after intense negotiations concessions. “The first priority is AUSTRALIA between the Islamists and prominent implementation, implementation, Sydney, Jul 10 — Port Phillip Sea elders from Qaybdiid’s clan, the implementation... It’s non- Pilots says it has been forced to warlord had agreed to hand over his implementation of the text which is institute restrictions on the movement weapons. Qaybdiid’s whereabouts were creating a problem, not the text,” he of ships in and out of the port of not known but his militia said they said, Reuters news agency reports. Melbourne after Marine Safety would hand over pickup trucks The UN is conducting the world’s Victoria’s decision to cancel the mounted with heavy weapons, at a largest humanitarian operation in operating licence of a pilot and ceremony to be attended by fellow clan Darfur, where more than 200,000 recommend that criminal proceedings member Osman Ali Atto, Somalia’s people are thought to have died, most be taken against him. Port Phillip Sea road and public works minister. killed by pro-government militias. Pilots chairman Charles Griffiths Witnesses said with the surrender of Over the weekend, the African Union expressed outrage at what he Qaybdiid, the Islamists had control of (AU) agreed to extend its stretched described as the “big stick approach” most of Mogadishu, except a small peace mission to Darfur until the end that he claimed the director of marine enclave near the presidential palace of 2006 at the request of the UN. safety, Dr Brian Riches, had adopted which is overseen by Aideed’s fighters. About 7,000 AU troops are in the vast concerning the pilot. The incident “Mogadishu has fallen to the Islamists region attempting to contain the occurred eight months ago when the except the Villa Somalia,” said violence. long-serving pilot found himself Mohamed Abdilahi, an aide to Aideed, London, Jul 10 — A press report, confronted with many fishing boats adding that the Islamists could next dated today, states: Sudan’s Darfur while trying to negotiate a vessel target the building. Aideed is based in region has seen its bloodiest few days through the channel. One vessel came Baidoa but his militia guard the Villa since the signing of a peace agreement too close to the ship and two fishermen Somalia, which has served as the over two months ago. More than 80 jumped into the water. Fishermen on residence for past presidents. — people have been killed as rebels fight another boat picked them up. Fishing Reuters. each other for territory, according to boats have long presented problems for sources within the African Union pilots in the bay, with many hundreds SRI LANKA peacekeeping mission. In early May, to be found near the shipping channel London, Jul 12 — A press report, under pressure from the international at night time, often without any lights. dated Jul 11, states: Four Tamil Tiger community, the Sudanese government Captain Griffiths apologised to rebels were killed today when Sri signed an agreement with one of the customers, saying the pilots regretted Lanka’s navy retaliated against an region’s rebel movements, but the deal having to take action to limit vessel attacking rebel boat in the sea off has not been implemented and movements past the Hovel Pile and Northern Jaffna peninsula, the security has worsened. Darfur’s Sudan Fawkner Beacon to daylight hours, but military said. The rebel boat fired at Liberation Army says it took up arms nothing had been done to limit fishing three navy boats in the northern three years ago to fight for greater in the area and they were not prepared Kilaly lagoon, prompting the navy to power and wealth for their people. to put up with this threat to their retaliate, destroying the rebel boat Now the rebels have split and the SLA licences and livelihoods. He said and killing four Tigers, the Media are fighting amongst themselves with vessels could proceed at night time Centre for National Security said. The a brutality that has driven thousands provided they had an escort vessel for navy’s report could not be more people from their homes. The the busy sections. — “Lloyd’s List independently confirmed. town of Korma in North Darfur has Daily Commercial News.” changed hands three times since SUDAN March. In the latest clash, which CREW AUSTRALIAN-FLAGGED London, Jul 7 — A press release, began a week ago, forces from the SLA VESSEL AT HOBART, AUSTRALIA dated Jul 6, states: Fighting in faction led by Minni Minnawi, London, Jul 11 — A press report, Sudan’s Darfur region has increased conducted an offensive to empty dated today, states: Chemical tanker

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24 Labour Disputes

Stolt Australia’s crew at the centre of wharf has returned to work. Stolt attempt last month that was met with a row over plans to replace it with Australia crew members starting inaction from the government. foreign workers has again stopped loading sulfuric acid from Zinifex’s Shopkeepers closed their doors, while work. The vessel was due to sail out of zinc smelter on the River Derwent this buses and taxis stopped running in a Hobart this morning. The vessel’s crew afternoon. The vessel’s 18 crew movement organized by a coalition of have been refusing to work since the it members found out three weeks ago local human rights organizations, arrived on Saturday (Jul 8). The crew its owners planned to re-flag the despite a televised plea by the is angry at plans by the vessel’s owner vessel to the Cayman Islands and government of the west African to re-flag it and replace the crew with replace them with about 30 Filipinos. nation. “If the protesters cause Filipino workers. Yesterday they The workers say they have not backed damages, it will be leaders of the agreed to load a cargo of acid at down but agreed to load the vessel organizations that will be prosecuted Hobart’s Zinifex zinc smelter to after a plea from Zinifex. Zinifex had before justice,” Interior Minister Mody prevent the smelter from having to said the smelter would be forced to Mounkaila warned on state television close down. Now the crew has again shut down after 48 hours if the acid and radio Wednesday. stopped work. The vessel’s owner, was left to stockpile on the docks. Stolt NYK, has this morning applied Crew spokesman Roy Muir says it will SOUTH KOREA to the Industrial Relations take 18 hours to load the vessel. He London, Jul 8 — A press report, Commission to stop the action. The says the ship will then sail for Port dated today, states: Unionised workers crew says it will decide whether to Hedland in Western Australia and at Hyundai Motor Co. will intensify return to work once the commission finally Singapore, where the their ongoing strike in the coming makes a ruling. Stolt NYK’s manager Australian crew will be replaced with weeks, as the management’s response director, Pete Stigman, has refused to the Filipino employees. The crew to their calls for pay raises and better comment. members say if their jobs go, more will working conditions fell short of follow in the Australian shipping expectations, the labour union said CREW OF AUSTRALIAN-FLAGGED industry. Maritime Union of Australia today. Hyundai Motor’s 44,000 VESSEL AT HOBART, AUSTRALIA spokesman Warren Smith says more unionised workers have staged a London, Jul 10 — A press report, than half of Australia’s domestic fleet partial strike since Jun 26 demanding dated Jul 9, states: A group of seamen has been re-flagged since 1996. But a 9.1% rise in basic salary and other sacked by the owners of an Australian ship owners say moves to replace crew incentives. tanker docked in Hobart say they are members with foreign workers are prepared to risk big fines for taking important for the competitiveness of SPAIN industrial action over the issue. Australian exports. Shipping London, Jul 10 — A press report, Eighteen crew from chemical tanker Australia Limited spokesman Llew dated today, states: Travel plans of Stolt Australia (6895 gt, built 1986) Russell says it is cheaper to use hundreds of passengers flying between were sacked last night, as part of a foreign workers and the trend is likely the UK and Spain were thrown into plan to reflag the vessel under a to continue. disarray today through a strike called Cayman Islands flag, and hire London, Jul 12 — A press report by a pilots’ union. Spanish carrier cheaper, foreign labour. The group are dated today states: Chemical tanker Iberia had to cancel five flights still refusing to reload the vessel or Stolt Australia remains stranded in between London and Spain - three to leave it, vowing to stay on the vessel Hobart while crew members consider Madrid and two to Barcelona. And until they get their jobs back. The an order from the Industrial Relations further Iberia flights between crew members have ignored union Commission (IRC) to return to work. Heathrow and Madrid and Barcelona advice that their protest could incur The vessel’s owner, Stolt NYK, took are set to be axed, with the strike due big industrial relations fines. At a action in the IRC in Melbourne to carry on until Sunday. Iberia and protest earlier today, spokesman Roy yesterday to force the 18 crew British Airways jointly market some Muir said he and his colleagues hoped members to prepare the vessel to sail. London-Spain flights under a code- their actions would highlight the They are protesting against plans by sharing agreement. A BA spokesman impact of Federal workplace changes the company to re-flag the ship under said today: “We are working on on Australia’s shipping industry: the Cayman Islands and replace them contingency plans to ensure that as “1996 there was 104 Australian- with overseas workers. Stolt NYK many British Airways customers who manned ships, now we’re down to less wants the vessel sailed to Port are booked on Iberia flights can get to than half of that — if this one goes it’s Hedland and then Singapore, before it their destinations. “We would urge any just another one,” he said. Mr Muir dismisses the Australian crew. The BA customer who has booked a flight says he and his colleagues feel they IRC ruled the industrial action illegal between Heathrow and have to take a stand. “Stolts have been at a hearing yesterday afternoon. The Madrid/Barcelona on Jul 10 - Jul 12 to the recipient of shipping reforms, crew Maritime Union of Australia says contact BA if they booked their ticket reductions via multiskilling and some crew members had not been direct from the airline or their travel training, including government briefed on the IRC’s orders last night. agent to see if their flight is affected funding, and still they’re not prepared The orders will be considered at a and how they can be re- to commit to the employment of meeting this morning. accommodated.” A Heathrow Airport skilled, experienced and safe spokeswoman said: “We are advising Australian seafarers,” he said. MALTA passengers to contact their airline Meanwhile, the Australian Maritime Vallatta, Jul 7 — A local press report, before travelling.” Birmingham Union says the practice of allowing dated today, states: During an early Airport said that its flights to more foreign shipping crews into meeting between GRTU and cargo Barcelona and Madrid today were Australia is a chink in the nation’s hauliers, it was decided that they end unaffected. The Iberia pilots are armour. AMU spokesman Mike the stoppage and start processing striking over fears of job losses. In all, Wickham says the disappearance of containers for the local market or for around 240 Iberia flights are likely to Australian-crewed vessels from export, the GRTU said in a statement. be cancelled each day during the Australian waters is a worry. He says Later on today Prime Minister strike. local crews have to go through Lawrence Gonzi will be meeting the London, Jul 11 — A press report, rigorous security checks that many cargo hauliers in a bid to find a dated Jul 10, states: Iberia has been foreign crews do not, and that puts solution for the problems they are forced to cancel 251 flights after pilots Australia at risk. currently facing. — Lloyd’s Agents. at the Spanish airline began a seven- day strike. Union officials said the CREW OF AUSTRALIAN-FLAGGED NIGER action had been taken in protest at VESSEL AT HOBART, AUSTRALIA London, Jul 11 — A general strike in Iberia’s plans to launch a low-cost London, Jul, 10 — A press report, Niger demanding lower prices for carrier. Talks aimed at resolving the dated today, states: The crew of basic goods paralyzed the capital of dispute ended yesterday after Iberia chemical tanker Stolt Australia at the one of the world`s poorest nations failed to convince pilots that their jobs centre of an industrial row at a Hobart Thursday (Jul 6), following a similar were not in danger, the pilots union

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25 Labour Disputes/Awards & Settlements/Railway Accidents said. Iberia said flights hit by the settlement that UAH plans to use the Norfolk Southern spokesman Rudy strike were mainly those serving money for its endowment and to fund Husband said. The post and part of destinations within Spain. Flights to scholarships. Under the settlement, the nearby Hershey Country Club golf the Canary and Balearic islands, the university will drop all patent- course were also evacuated. The 76- Africa, the Middle East and most long- related claims against the company, car train was travelling from haul flights were operating normally, with Nektar agreeing to dismiss all Allentown to Baltimore, Husband said. the airline said. Five flights were counterclaims. UAH President Frank London, Jul 7 — A press report, cancelled between London and Spain - Franz called the resolution “amicable” dated today, states: Clean-up of the three to Madrid and two to Barcelona. in a written statement. “This train derailment in Derry Twp. could The two airlines jointly market some settlement provides a substantial be complete by 1800 today, according London to Spain flights under a code- benefit to the university and will to police. In the meantime, nearby sharing agreement. provide numerous opportunities for businesses remained closed yesterday London, Jul 11 — A press report, UAH in the years to come,” Franz or ran amid uncertainty. Eight cars in dated today, states: Pilots say the said. Robert Chess, Nektar’s chairman a 76-car train derailed Wednesday (Jul company offered them nothing new. and acting president and CEO, says 5) near East Derry Road, forcing an The Spanish Industry Ministry the settlement keeps the company’s evacuation of some residents because mediated in unsuccessful talks over best interests in the forefront by of the toxic contents of one capsized the weekend to head off the strike. allowing Nektar to improve and tanker. No injuries were reported. No Multimedia Iberia pilots’ strike Pilots expand on its PEGylation technology. hazard has been detected by six air at Spanish airline Iberia said they will monitors, police said. continue their strike for a second day WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT, London, Jul 8 — A press report, today and that the company offered UNITED STATES dated today, states: The worst of the them nothing new at their latest London, Jul 11 — A press report, problem from Wednesday’s (Jul 5) meeting. In a release, the pilots union dated Jul 10, states: Ohio State has train derailment in Hershey is fixed, known as SEPLA said Spain’s largest approved its largest wrongful but it could be weeks before the entire airline didn’t send any top officials to imprisonment settlement, awarding cleanup process is completed, a a meeting late yesterday and “refused $2.5 million to a man found innocent railroad spokesman said last night. to budge in its positions.” Earlier of a bank robbery and guard’s murder Rudy Husband, a spokesman for yesterday, Iberia had said it would after serving 26 years. The state Norfolk Southern, said the derailed deliver a document at the meeting Controlling Board made its unanimous tanker carrying liquid chorine was that guaranteed in writing the jobs of decision today. Timothy Howard, 52, of loaded onto another rail car yesterday all its pilots. Iberia was forced to Columbus, will receive about $1.4 afternoon and was scheduled to be cancel 220 flights yesterday and 239 million to divide with his attorneys, moved out of the area last night. The flights were cancelled today. Spain’s who will get one-third, and nearly $1.1 tanker was one of eight cars of a 76- flagship carrier has calculated that million to be paid in monthly car Norfolk Southern freight train the stoppage will cost Iberia 35 million installments over 30 years. The Ohio that jumped the tracks behind the Euro (US$44.7 million) in lost Court of Claims approved the Hershey American Legion post. revenue. settlement in June, but it required the Officials were most concerned about London, Jul 12 — Pilots at the approval of the Controlling Board, the liquid chlorine tanker because had Spanish airline Iberia have agreed to which is comprised mostly of state it ruptured, the chlorine would have end a three-day-old strike that was lawmakers. The settlement more than quickly evaporated into a toxic gas, forcing the carrier to cancel more than doubles the $1.075 million the state forcing wide evacuations. Some of the 200 flights a day, news reports said agreed to pay earlier this year to other derailed cars were also carrying today. The pilots union SEPLA will another man wrongfully imprisoned in chemicals, including potassium give details of the decision later in the an unrelated case. Clarence Elkins hydroxide, phenol and carbon dioxide. day, Spanish National Radio said. served nearly seven years before being Despite the potentially disastrous cleared by DNA evidence in the 1998 situation, Husband said the cleanup is murder of his mother-in-law. Howard going smoothly. Husband said three of was exonerated in criminal court and the other derailed cars were tankers released from prison in 2003 after new carrying potassium hydroxide. One of evidence was uncovered that had not the tankers had its product been made available to defense transferred into another car yesterday attorneys during the 1977 trial. He morning, and workers will do the same was able to prove his innocence in a thing to the other two tomorrow, civil case in March, clearing the way Husband said. The 14 residents who PATENT INFRINGEMENT, for seeking a financial award. were evacuated as a precaution were UNITED STATES allowed to go back into their homes at London, Jul 8 — A press report, 1400 yesterday, he said. Although the dated Jul 7, states: The University of cleanup has gone smoothly thus far, Alabama in Huntsville announced Husband said it will be a while until today a lawsuit settlement has been the entire operation is completed. The reached with a former professor that cause of the accident is under will yield $25 million over the next investigation, Husband said. decade. Milton Harris, a leader in the field of polyethylene glycol (PEG) JAIPURHAT DISTRICT, chemistry, is the former chairman and BANGLADESH CEO of Huntsville-based Shearwater HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES Dhaka, Jul 11 — At least 20 people Corp., later acquired by Inhale were killed and 40 injured when a Therapeutic Systems Inc., which London, Jul 6 — A press report, dated Hershey, Pa, today, states: train rammed into a packed bus at an changed its name in 2003 to Nektar unmanned railway crossing in Therapeutics. Harris, who now serves Nearly a dozen homes were evacuated after a Norfolk Southern freight train Bangladesh’s western Jaipurhat as chief scientific officer for Nektar district today, police said. They said Alabama, has agreed in conjunction carrying chlorine gas derailed near a golf course. Officials reported no the victims were all bus passengers. with the San Carlos, Calif.-based The accident occurred at Akkelpur, Nektar to pay UAH a lump sum of $15 injuries and no hazardous leaks but said today that the homes would 220 km from the capital Dhaka, in the million, with the company paying the morning rush hour. — Reuters. $10 million balance at a rate of $1 remain evacuated while the 13 derailed cars, one a tank car million per year. The settlement SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, addresses patent issues surrounding containing potentially toxic chlorine gas, were being removed. The cars UNITED STATES Nektar’s PEGylation technology. London, Jul 11 — A press report, Nektar says in a news release on the derailed about 1730 yesterday behind the Hershey American Legion post, dated Jul 10, states: The National

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26 Railway Accidents/Fires & Explosions

Transportation Safety Board is urging has tested positive for bird flu, a vessel to be thoroughly cleaned. Chris US railroads to limit workloads on Health Ministry official said today, Hutchings, Fred Olsen’s passenger their employees, as the board citing a local test. If confirmed by a manager, said: “It is unfortunate so concluded that worker fatigue was the World Health Organisation (WHO) many decided to cancel, particularly cause of a fatal accident in 2004 in laboratory, the girl from Jakarta’s since we just received a clean bill of Macdona, Texas. The board western suburbs will be the 41st bird health. But given the coverage the determined that fatigue caused the flu death in Indonesia. “The child had Black Prince has received in the engineer and conductor on a Union had contact with sick fowl, the Scottish media, it is perhaps not Pacific Railroad train to fail to neighbour’s chicken,” Runizar Ruesin, surprising.” A total of 105 passengers respond appropriately to wayside head of the health ministry’s Bird Flu were confined to their cabins after signals governing the movement of Information Centre, told Reuters. “She becoming ill with symptoms of the their train, leading to a fatal collision died on Thursday, nine hours after Norovirus, including vomiting and with another train. The Jun 28, 2004, being admitted in the hospital,” he diarrhoea. collision derailed four locomotive units said. According to the WHO, the H5N1 London, Jul 11 — Passenger (cruise) and the first 19 cars of the Union avian flu has killed 131 people across Black Prince passed Skaw 1634, Jul 8. Pacific train as well as 17 cars of the the globe since 2003. In Indonesia, 40 BNSF train. As a result of the people are confirmed by WHO tests to OUTBREAK OF VIRUS ON derailment, the 16th car in the Union have died from the virus. Yesterday a BAHAMAS VESSEL Pacific train — a tank car loaded with senior Indonesian government official London, Jul 7 — A press report, liquefied chlorine — was punctured, said the country’s poultry death rate dated today, states: Passenger (cruise) causing the release of approximately from bird flu was worsening, possibly Black Prince, which was hit by a 9,400 gallons of chlorine. The chlorine due to poor vaccination coverage. vomiting virus earlier this week, is vapourised and engulfed the area Mathur Riyadi, director general of setting sail from Leith again this surrounding the accident site. Three livestock production at the agriculture evening. About a quarter of the 400 people — the Union Pacific conductor ministry, said one million fowl, half of passengers on board the Black Prince and two local residents — died from them quail, died of bird flu in the first were affected by the sickness bug. It is the effects of chlorine gas inhalation. three months of 2006. In 2005, deaths the second time the vessel has been The NTSB’s investigation determined for the year as a whole were 1.2 hit by the bug in the last few weeks. that sleep debt, disrupted circadian million. The government has so far About 80 passengers due on the cruise processes, limited sleep during the shied away from mass culling, citing have opted for a refund. The trip has weekend preceding the accident and lack of funds and impracticality, with been shortened by two days to allow long duty tours reduced the capacity of vaccination a preferred method to the vessel to be thoroughly cleaned. Union Pacific’s engineer and conductor prevent the spread of bird flu among Chris Hutchings, Fred Olsen’s to remain awake and alert the night of poultry. Animal health experts say a passenger manager, said: “It is the accident. The board also noted large numbers of backyard farms and unfortunate so many decided to that the conductor’s consumption of a lack of resources are a major cancel, particularly since we just alcohol on the evening before the impediment for effective vaccination received a clean bill of health. “But accident likely added to his fatigue. in Indonesia. It is common for given the coverage the Black Prince An examination of the engineer and Indonesian households to keep a has received in the Scottish media, it conductor’s off-duty time revealed that handful of chicken for personal is perhaps not surprising.” The 40- neither had obtained adequate rest consumption or gaining extra revenue. year-old vessel returned to Leith on during their off-duty time. As a result, The National Commission of Avian Flu Wednesday morning (Jul 5), following the board recommended that all Control and Preparedness estimates and excursion to Greenland. A total of railroads and railway organisations there are around 300 million such 105 passengers were confined to their use the accident as a case study in backyard chickens. — Reuters. cabins after becoming ill with fatigue awareness training to London, Jul 7 — A press report, symptoms of the Norovirus, including illustrate the importance for rail dated today, states: Spain has vomiting and diarrhoea. carriers to provide employees recorded its first case of H5N1 bird opportunities for adequate rest and to flu, the Agriculture Ministry said make employees understand how today. The deadly strain was found in important it is to rest in order to a water fowl in a marsh area outside perform efficiently on the job. Further, the northern city of Vitoria. A the board recommended that the protective area of 3.2 kilometres was Federal Railroad Administration declared outside the area where the require railroads base their crew bird, a great crested grebe, was found, scheduling on scientific measures the ministry statement said. Spanish designed to reduce fatigue and to limit officials said late last year, as bird flu ABBEY, ABBEYTOWN, CUMBRIA, the railroads’ use of limbo time. spread to several European countries, UNITED KINGDOM that it was only a matter of time London, Jul 10 — A press report, before the disease made it to this dated today, states: Part of a 900-year- Miscellaneous country, which is on the route of old abbey badly damaged by fire could northern-bound migratory birds from cost up to £3m and take three years to Africa. Preventive measures taken so repair. It took 30 firefighters to far had included banning outdoor extinguish the blaze at St Mary’s poultry farming within a 10-km radius Church, in Abbeytown, Cumbria, on of marshlands where migratory birds June 9. The roof of St Mary’s, which tend to gather. was built in the 17th Century MILITARY EQUIPMENT SEIZEN following a previous fire, was FROM ISLE OF MAN-FLAGGED OUTBREAK OF VIRUS ON destroyed. The site contains the VESSEL AT DERINCE, TURKEY BAHAMAS VESSEL remains of a former Cistercian abbey, London, Jul 6 — Roll On Roll Off London, Jul 8 — A press report, founded in 1150. A 17-year-old youth Scan Bothnia was reported transiting dated Jul 7, states: Passenger (cruise) has been charged with arson. the Dardanelles at 0520 hrs, Jun 18. Black prince which was hit by a Two days later the vessel passed vomiting virus earlier this week is APARTMENT BUILDING, through the Suez Canal and then setting sail from Leith again this MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, proceeded to Aqaba, arriving on Jun evening. About a quarter of the 400 UNITED STATES 22. The vessel departed on Jun 24. passengers on board Black Prince were New York, Jul 10 — A four-story affected by the sickness bug. About 80 building collapsed in Manhattan today OUTBREAK OF “BIRD FLU” passengers due on the cruise have and injured 15 people after an Jakarta, Jul 7 — A three-year-old opted for a refund. The trip has been apparent gas explosion that may have Indonesian girl who died this week shortened by two days to allow the resulted from a failed suicide attempt.

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27 Fires & Explosions

Witnesses reported a deafening police source. If he were charged with reported. The dead were five Chileans explosion before building came and convicted of arson, Bartha could and one Portuguese. The flames were crashing down, shattering windows face a sentence of life in prison. He fanned by strong winds. “Only the across the street. Smoke billowed from also could face charges of reckless investigation will verify if the team the debris throughout a frantic rescue endangerment or reckless assault. — was in the correct position and if the operation and continued to emerge for Reuters. work was organised in the proper hours after the morning blast. Ten manner,” Lusa news agency quoted the firefighters and five civilians were FACTORY, NAIROBI, KENYA head of the national protection injured. The gas leak may have been London, Jul 8 — A press report, service, Gil Martins, as saying. “Forest the result of a suicide attempt by the dated today, states: Fire ripped fires are unpredictable.” Lusa reported building’s owner, New York Fire through a paint factory in Nairobi that the Chileans were in Portugal to Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta told today, killing four people and leaving help the country fight forest fires reporters on the scene. The man was another seven missing feared dead, during the summer. There were huge taken from the rubble on a stretcher police said. After a machine forest fires in Portugal last year but so and hospitalized with severe burns. apparently exploded, a huge fire sent far this summer they have been calm. Neighbours had reported a strong smoke billowing into the sky over the Warmer weather during the last two smell of gas before the explosion, the factory next to a busy highway in days, however, has ignited them again. gas utility company said. Scoppetta north Nairobi, witnesses said. Workers — Reuters. referred to an e-mail send by the man said some victims were unable to London, Jul 11 — A press report, but provided no details. Local media escape because managers had locked dated yesterday, states: Six fire- said the e-mail indicated he was the company’s heavy metal doors but fighters died trying to put out the contemplating suicide. Police and fire police disputed that. “We have flames of a forest fire in Portugal officials said they were investigating. retrieved four bodies. We are trying yesterday as temperatures began to The apartment building on 62nd our best to search for the seven other soar across the Iberian peninsula, Street on the Upper East Side of bodies we believe are inside,” area authorities said today. The six fire- Manhattan housed some doctors’ police boss Julius Muthuri said. “The fighters, including five Chileans offices, but police said the building machine that exploded was too close to working for a private contractor, died collapsed before any patients were due the exit door, only four people as a blaze tore through countryside for their morning appointments. The managed to escape the inferno before and woodland near the north-eastern Upper East Side is one of New York’s the place was engulfed by smoke,” town of Famalicao. A sudden change most upscale neighbourhoods with Muthuri added. While fire fighters in the direction of the wind left the six many luxury apartment buildings doused the flames, sporadic explosions men trapped by the flames, police near Central Park. — Reuters. could still be heard inside the brick said. The government immediately London, Jul 11 — A press report, building, as chemicals caught fire, announced the opening of an dated Jun 10, states: A four-storey witnesses said. investigation. Firefighters from building on Manhattan’s Upper East London, Jul 9 — A press report, Germany, France and Spain were Side collapsed into a pile of rubble dated Jul 8, states: A fire ripped called in to help the overworked today after an explosion. Authorities through a paint factory in Nairobi Portuguese fire brigade. This summer said the blast was caused by gas, and yesterday, killing four people and had been calm so far, but hot weather they were investigating whether it leaving another seven missing feared over the last two days has set fires was the result of a suicide attempt by dead. Witnesses said the fire began going again. At least three other fires the building’s owner, a doctor who was when a machine apparently exploded. were reported burning yesterday going through a bitter divorce. The “We have retrieved four bodies. We are morning in both northern and doctor, Nicholas Bartha, 66, and a trying our best to search for the seven southern Portugal. passer-by were severely hurt; at least other bodies we believe are inside,” 13 other people had minor injuries. said area police head Julius Muthuri. PIER, LAKE UNION, SEATTLE, The building is an upscale While fire fighters doused the flames, UNITED STATES neighbourhood where the 2000 Census sporadic explosions could still be London, Jul 6 — A press report, put the median home price at $1 heard inside the brick building, as dated today, states: Investigators million US. On one corner of the street chemicals caught fire, said witnesses. today will get their first waterside is the high-end Luca Luca clothing The charred corpses were carried out view of the damage caused by store, and across the street is the in white plastic sheets and placed in a yesterday’s four-alarm fire that gutted French retailer Hermes. police truck for transport. two piers on South Lake Union. Fire New York, Jul 11 — A gas pipe in the investigators from the Seattle Fire basement of a Manhattan mansion FOREST, INDONESIA Department, Seattle police and the that collapsed in a possible suicide London, Jul 12 — A press report, federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, attempt had been tampered with prior dated today, states: Indonesia has Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will to the explosion, police said today. The deployed around 1,500 firefighters to take boats to examine the damage at owner of the house, Dr. Nicholas battle hundreds of forest fires raging the charred piers at the National Bartha, who was critically injured in on Sumatra island and Indonesia’s Oceanic and Atmospheric the explosion, may face criminal Borneo, forestry officials said today. Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific charges, and the Manhattan District Satellite images revealed some 300 Marine Operations Center at 1801 Attorney has assigned a prosecutor to “hot spots” from forest fires and fires Fairview Ave. E. in hopes of the case, authorities said. Officials set to clear land in Riau province on determining a cause for the blaze, said suspect Bartha may have destroyed Sumatra, which lies to Malaysia’s fire spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick. the multi-million-dollar building west, Masyud, a spokesman from Cpt. Mark Ablondi, NOAA’s yesterday rather than lose it in a Indonesia’s forestry ministry, said. commanding officer for the Pacific divorce battle with his wife. “The gas More than 200 fires were also burning Marine Operations Center, said it’ll be pipe in the basement had been in Jambi province, to Riau’s south, and a couple days before cleanup of the tampered with,” said Mike Collins, a in north and south Sumatra, along site can begin. Structural engineers spokesman for the New York Police with 48 others in West Kalimantan, an will begin examining the NOAA Department. A Fire Department of Indonesian province on Borneo island, buildings damaged in the blaze today New York spokesman said the he said. Fires in Sumatra were blamed but any inspection of the burned piers tampering involved a connection near last week by Malaysian meteorological will “be a much longer process,” he the gas meter. The explosion and officials for blanketing the country’s said. In addition to the two large collapse of the four-story building northern Penang state in a thick haze. NOAA piers and two smaller piers, the injured 15 people. Bartha remained in fire damaged two decommissioned critical condition at a New York FOREST, PORTUGAL vessels and burned two outbuildings. hospital with burns on more than 70% Lisbon, Jul 9 — Six firemen died in a A damage estimate has not yet been of his body. He was using a respirator forest fire that burnt out of control in calculated. Two of five buildings on the to breathe but was improving, said a central Portugal today, local media 15-acre NOAA Pacific Marine

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28 Fires & Explosions

Operations Center were destroyed and livelihoods, after fire ripped through a recently as Friday (Jul 7), people were two large steel-hulled vessels, the 175- “rabbit warren” of industrial units. still being evacuated because of the foot McArthur I and the 224-foot Anxious traders gathered at the smoke. Twelve people from La Ronge Assertive, sustained heat damage to roadside as about 100 firefighters from and another 71 from nearby Morin their starboard sides, said Ablondi. across Essex fought to contain the Lake were taken to Saskatoon, about Seattle, Jul 7 — Fire broke out on ferocious blaze at Colchester’s 360 km to the south, because smoke two piers at Seattle’s Lake Union Cowdray Centre. Fifteen fire engines could make existing health conditions early Wednesday (Jul 5). Severe were dispatched from stations across worse. Early yesterday, the province damage to National Oceanic and Essex when flames broke out in a roof said there were 1,260 people fighting Atmospheric Administration piers on cavity at 0200 today. or patrolling fires, backed by 46 the lake, four boats and two small helicopters, 18 tanker aircraft, 28 outbuildings also damaged. Two 224 RECYCLING PLANT, bulldozers and eight heavy all-terrain foot vessels belonging to NOAA KINGSBURY, WARWICKSHIRE, vehicles. damaged . The McArthur a UNITED KINGDOM decommissioned research vessel and London, Jul 12 — A press report, WILDFIRES, COLOMBIA the Assertive a former Navy vessel dated today, states: Warwickshire fire London, Jul 12 — A press report, being retrofitted for research. Also crews have been tackling more than dated today, states: The Colombian destroyed in fire were a small work 400 tonnes of blazing scrap metal at a government has asked for vessel, an inflatable boat and three yard near one of the UK’s largest international help to tackle a huge vehicles. Six firefighters were treated inland oil depots. At its height, nine forest fire that has been burning since for injuries, dozens of houseboats were fire crews were at the site of European the weekend in a national park. evacuated as a precaution but no Metal Recycling Ltd in Trinity Road, Environmentalists say the destruction dwellings were lost in the fire. The Kingsbury. The yard is close to the oil in the park, in Colombia’s centre-west blaze broke out shortly after the 4th of depot at Kingsbury where deliveries region, is disastrous. About 400 July fireworks over the lake. The piers were suspended as a precaution. The firefighters have brought parts of the had been in use by NOAA employees fire was brought under control by 2300 fire under control but they have been and their families as a viewing BST on Monday but there has been no hampered by winds. Los Nevados Park platform for the pyrotechnic display. indication as to a possible cause. spans some 58,000 hectares, including All visitors were gone by 2300 however Columns of smoke from the fire which some of Colombia’s highest mountains. and the fire was said to have started started on Monday afternoon, could be The authorities say they have around 0130 according to the Seattle seen for miles. An hydraulic platform managed to dampen some of the Fire Department spokesperson. An and environmental protection unit flames but are calling for investigation is being conducted by the were dispatched to the scene. Four international expertise to help limit Seattle Fire Department, police and crews carried on dampning down the the extent of the damage. It is thought the Federal Department of Alcohol. scene through the night and deliveries the fire, which began on Saturday (Jul Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. No have resumed. 8), has so far destroyed up to 5,000 cause has been yet determined. A hectares. There has been concern that representative from NOAA said that it VESSEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, the fire could reach some settlements could be two years before the piers are HALSA, NORWAY in the park. again useable by the Agency. — Trondheim, Jul 6 — A fire broke out Lloyd’s Agents. on board a vessel under construction WILDFIRES, UNITED STATES London, Jul 8 — A press report, at Vaagland Yard, Halsa, at 0435 , Jul London, Jul 7 — A press report, dated Jul 7, states: A fire that swept 5. The vessel was scheduled to be dated Montana, today, states: through the National Oceanic and delivered Aug 4 but a delay of three to Firefighters are fighting a major Atmospheric Administration’s facility four months is now expected, due to wildfire near Park City. So far about on Lake Union this week was caused the fire. — Lloyd’s Agents. 1,000 acres have burned and by a short in an electrical line. At a Stillwater County officials say the fire news conference this afternoon, Fire WILDFIRES, CANADA is about 50% contained. While the fire Chief Gregory Dean said the electrical London, Jul 9 — A press report, didn’t damage any homes yesterday, at line had provided power to a NOAA dated today, states: Some residents of one point firefighters asked residents boat that was being refitted as a northern Saskatchewan will be able to in about a dozen homes to be on research vessel. Yesterday, members of start going home today, Saskatchewan standby for possible evacuation. the Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Environment said late yesterday. Nearly 70 firefighters, 25 trucks and police and the federal Bureau of Cooler, wet weather has helped an air tanker are working on the fire. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and firefighters make progress with the Crews from Park City, Molt, Reed Explosives boarded boats to get their forest fires that forced the evacuation Point and Columbus are all working to first waterside view of charred piers of about 2,200 residents to La Ronge get control of the fire. Fire officials say as they worked to figure out what had and Saskatoon a week ago. About the fire was apparently ignited by sparked the four-alarm blaze, said 2,000 of the residents will be home by lightning from a storm Wednesday Fire Department spokeswoman Helen tomorrow. Some will travel in escorted (Jul 5) night. Fitzpatrick. In addition to the two convoys of buses and vehicles because London, Jul 8 — A press report, large NOAA piers and two smaller the main highway north from La dated Jul 7, states: The Pedro Fire piers, the fire damaged two Ronge is still closed because of the was contained last night after a four- decommissioned ships and burned two fires. But about 200 residents of day, $3 million effort by more than outbuildings. A damage estimate has English Bay and Nemeiben Lake have 1,000 firefighters. Crews will spend not yet been calculated. “I’m pleased,” been ordered to stay away. All but two the next few days mopping up the Dean said yesterday, after the fire — two evacuation orders were lifted burn, north of Don Pedro Reservoir. which smoldered through Wednesday yesterday, but there are still states of The acreage estimate for the remote (Jul 5) night and yesterday morning — emergency, the government said. wildland fire, originally 2,063 acres, was officially out. Yesterday morning, Residents from Grandmother’s Bay, was reduced to 1,998 due to more Capt. Mark Ablondi, the commanding Stanley Mission, Sucker River, accurate mapping, said Craig officer of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Missinipe and Wadin Bay left their Vanderzwaag, a California Operations Center, said it would be a homes last weekend as hot and windy Department of Forestry and Fire couple of days before cleanup of the weather frustrated firefighters. In a Protection spokesman. The fire started site could begin. briefing yesterday, provincial officials early Monday (Jul 3) afternoon when a said the 108 fires are a concern but camper near the reservoir was PREMISES, COLCHESTER, the danger for the province has been clearing a place for his tent and hit a ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM reduced to moderate. Smoke lifted rock with a shovel. This caused a London, Jul 8 — A press report, from the La Ronge area so aircraft spark, which ignited nearby grass and dated today, states: Dozens of traders could fly, and the rain may provide a quickly spread to brush and oak were today fearing for their three-day window to attack fires. As woodland in the dry heat. Dennis

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Townsend, a battalion chief in charge away. At one point, more than 100 and brush in hills and canyons of the of law enforcement and fire prevention homes were evacuated. high desert about 100 miles east of for CDF’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, London, Jul 12 — A press report, Los Angeles. Eight air tankers and 13 said a final report will be written after dated today, states: Firefighters helicopters attacked from above. the fire is mopped up. Townsend said evacuated dozens more people from Containment was just 16 percent. The CDF then has 10 days to decide if it their homes early today as a wildfire fire, ignited during the weekend by will pursue any cost recovery or raced across the desert and consumed lightning, destroyed 42 houses, 55 criminal charges against the camper. several structures in a desert locale other buildings and 91 vehicles, The battalion chief said he does not where dozens of Hollywood Westerns authorities told reporters last night. believe there was any negligent or were filmed. Winds exceeding 40 mph They had previously pegged the illegal action that caused the fire and fanned the flames, and officials said number of structures destroyed at he does not intend to pursue charges. they didn’t expect the strong wind and about 30 but revised that after The Pedro Fire had cost CDF slightly dry conditions to change anytime soon. conducting a detailed count yesterday. more than $3 million as of this The fire had burned more than 17,000 The fire was moving south-west as morning. That total includes acres. Dozens were evacuated from winds gusted to 40 mph, DeRosier everything from fuel for aircraft communities in Little Morongo said, and 800 to 1,000 people remained expenses to food for firefighters, said Canyon and Burns Canyon. Up to evacuated from Pioneertown, Burns Tracy Gouette, with CDF’s incident 1,000 fled the flames yesterday, Canyon, Rimrock, Gamma Gulch, command team. There were nearly authorities said. The blaze burned Flamingo Heights and Little Morongo 1,200 firefighting personnel assigned through historic Pioneertown, Canyon. Officials worried that if the to the fire as of yesterday. In the next destroying at least 30 homes and blaze continued to move toward the couple of days, fire crews will do burn buildings there and in surrounding San Bernardino National Forest, it area rehabilitation, such as preventing towns. It was unclear whether any could grow rapidly, threatening the erosion and repairing any damaged historic structures were destroyed, resort community of Big Bear Lake. creekbeds, Gouette said. said California Department of There also was a 3,150-acre wildfire London, Jul 11 — A pres sreport, Forestry Capt. Marc DeRosier. Fire west of Columbus, and another dated Jul 10, states: Wildfires investigators believe a lightning strike burning north of Pompeys Pillar that bracketed the southern Nevada town over the weekend sparked the fire, was estimated at 10,000 acres, said of Beatty today, with about 400 which slowly heated up before it Mary Apple, a spokeswoman with the firefighters digging in to keep flames “reared its ugly head” yesterday Bureau of Land Management. at least three miles away, a fire afternoon, Lannen said. Earlier, they incident commander said. The fires thought the fire was part of several were 10 percent contained, said fire lighting-sparked blazes that began incident Cmdr. Merrill Saleen, who Sunday (Jul 9) that had been planed to meet with some of Beatty’s temporarily contained. CDF Capt. 1,032 residents later today. Lightning Debbie Chapman said about 200 started the blazes Saturday (Jul 8), homes were threatened. About 2,500 and they burned through dry desert firefighters aided by 13 helicopters grasses and brush in rocky mountain and eight air tankers were working terrain. Crews hoped to contain the the blaze. Seven firefighters and two AIRCRAFT HIT BY LIGHTNING ON fire before Wednesday (Jul 12), when civilians suffered minor injuries, FLIGHT FROM UNITED KINGDOM forecasts called for hot, dry wind, including burns and smoke inhalation. TO CANARY ISLANDS Saleen said. No injuries were reported, Elsewhere in the West, Montana London, Jul 7 — A press report, Saleen said, and no structures were firefighters were trying to control a dated Jul 6, states: A charter flight immediately threatened. Neither the blaze about 40 miles west of Billings from Birmingham to Lanzarote had to 18,600-acre Beatty Fire, burning that had destroyed at least four be diverted to Manchester Airport about five miles east of Beatty, nor the structures, including two homes, after it was struck by lightning. The 3,500-acre Sawtooth Fire, about three officials said. Authorities urged Boeing 757-200 was chartered by miles west of town, threatened U.S. residents in about 120 homes to leave Thomas Cook and was carrying 229 95, the main road to Las Vegas and because of the 3,000-acre fire. Five passengers from the Midlands airport. Reno. Meanwhile, in southern structures were destroyed, officials It left Birmingham at 0740 BST and Montana, a 300-acre wildfire said. No injuries were reported. In landed in Manchester at about 1000 prompted evacuation orders for about Nevada, officials said they had gained BST after being hit by lightning. 110 homes in two subdivisions near the upper hand on two lightning- Engineers carried out a safety check Columbus. Officials didn’t know what sparked wildfires burning toward the and the plane was cleared to take off. caused the fire, which burned about 10 small town of Beatty, near Death It then set off for Arrecife Airport. miles west of the city. Firefighters also Valley National Park. The blazes were made progress today against the fully contained by yesterday night. No AP-BAL largest of several wildfires burning in injuries were reported and no London, Jul 10 — A Pakistan Southern California. A 2,200-acre structures had been threatened. In International Airlines (PIA) passenger blaze in a remote area of Joshua Tree western Stanislaus County, Calif., a aircraft has crashed in central National Park was 90 percent fire that burned about 5 square miles Pakistan, killing all 45 people on contained, park spokesman Joe Zarki of rugged terrain was about 40 percent board, officials say. The Fokker said. The fire, sparked by lightning contained yesterday. No evacuations aircraft crashed soon after taking off Friday (Jul 7), slowed substantially were ordered as about 1,000 from the city of Multan and burst into and was no longer moving toward a firefighters fought the blaze, which flames. Rescue teams are still valley that is home to the endangered started Sunday about 85 miles struggling to control the blaze. desert tortoise, Zarki said. In the southeast of San Francisco. The fire Eyewitnesses say that they have seen Tehachapi Mountains north of Los destroyed three structures believed to a number of bodies which have been Angeles, a 780-acre wildfire along the be hunting cabins. badly burnt. Police have cordoned off west side of Interstate 5 north of Fort London, Jul 13 — Desert winds and the area and are keeping people away Tejon was 50 percent contained, said blistering heat yesterday challenged from the scene. The twin-engined Kern County fire Capt. Doug Johnson. firefighters battling a 37,000-acre aircraft was carrying 41 passengers There were no reports of injuries or wildfire that destroyed 42 homes, and four crew members when it went damage to buildings. The blaze chased up to 1,000 people from small down. “All passengers and crew are brought southbound traffic on I-5 to a communities but spared historic dead in the air crash,” district co- halt for several hours yesterday. buildings in a town developed decades ordination officer Iftikhar Babar told Voluntary evacuations for O’Neil ago as a movie set for Westerns. Pakistan’s private Geo TV channel. Canyon and Lebec Oaks were lifted, Temperatures hit 108 degrees as 2,500 “Fire erupted after the crash and all but firefighters were still urging firefighters attacked flames devouring bodies were charred beyond residents of Digier Canyon to stay greasewood, Joshua trees, pinon pines recognition.” Flight PK 688 was

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30 Aviation heading for Lahore and then Province of Pakistan. About 45 people were combing the zone for the missing Islamabad, reports say. It appeared to were killed in the accident. PIA F-27 people, using helicopters and lifeboats, hit an electric power line while fleet, is now comprising six aircraft. — a spokeswoman for the emergency crashing in a field. “The plane lost Lloyd’s List Correspondent. centre in Tenerife said. contact with the control tower about Tenerife, Jul 10 — A Sikorsky S-61 two minutes after take-off. We don’t C-FHFL helicopter fell into the sea close to know what happened to it,” PIA London, Jul 11 — At 0900 hrs, Jul 1, Roque Bermejo, north eastern point of engineer Mansoor A Rahi said. the Beech 58P, (C-FHFL), was landing the island of Tenerife, all 6 people on London, Jul 11 — Shortly after at the Telegraph Creek airstrip board have died although the body of takeoff the Fokker F-27 Friendship (British Columbia) when the nose the co-pilot has still not appeared. The 200, AP-BAL, operated by Pakistan wheel collapsed after it hit a shallow helicopter, belonging to Helicsa International Airlines, reportedly rut running perpendicular to the soft Helicopteros, had been rented by the sustained engine problems, at 1200, packed gravel runway. The aircraft Spanish Environment Ministry in Jul 10. It struck an electric power line skidded forward about 50 feet and order to become a back-up for before crashing in a field. The F-27 remained upright. The pilot and the controlling forest fires, left the airport broke up and caught fire. All 45 passenger were not injured, but the of the island of La Palma at 0810, persons on board were killed. aircraft was substantially damaged local time. on Saturday (Jul 8)with Karachi, Jul 11 — Investigators have when the propeller contacted the destination Gando airport, Gran recovered the flight data and cockpit ground. Canaria, in order to undergo a voice recorders of a Pakistan technical check-up. The people on International Airlines’ (PIA) plane C-GWWM board were the pilot, co-pilot, that crashed killing all 45 people on London, Jul 12 — The Miccar Aerial maintenance technician, and three board, a senior official said today. Ltd. Cessna A188B aircraft, forestry engineers/technicians of the Shahnawaz Dara, head of PIA’s flight registration C-GWWM, departed Environment Ministry. The helicopter safety wing, said the flight data Yorkton, Saskatchewan and was was seen in the sea by a fisherman in recorder and the cockpit voice recorder enroute to spray Tilt herbicide on a the zone who advised of the accident with information about the aircraft’s farm located approximately 20 miles that started the sea and air rescue final moments were recovered in good northeast of Yorkton. The pilot was in operation in order to find victims, etc. condition. “Pilots did not contact the the process of identifying the field to The National Commission of Air control tower before the crash ... the be sprayed. The pilot radioed the Accidents Investigations has taken voice recorder will give a direction on company trying to identify the field, measures in order to clear-up the what was happening at the time of the then turned west to review additional reasons for this accident. One of the crash and why there was no contact paperwork to confirm the field two black boxes has been located in from the cockpit crew,” Dara told location. The aircraft hit trees and the rear part of the fuselage that has Reuters. “Both pieces of equipment are crashed in a wooded area west of the been towed to the port of Santa Cruz. good enough to find out what farm at 2100, CST, Jul 1. The aircraft Plans are being carried out to take happened to the aircraft before the incurred substantial damage. The out the rest of the helicopter that is crash.” Pakistan’s aviation regulator pilot suffered serious injuries but located in the sea at an approximate said help of foreign experts could be walked to a nearby roadway. When the depth of 700 metres. — Lloyd’s sought to examine the recorders if aircraft failed to return to base, Agents. necessary. Witnesses said they saw company personnel commenced an flames coming from the aircraft after aerial and ground search, located the CRASH, BLOCK ISLAND, it took off, and it appeared to be tilting aircraft and transported the pilot to a RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES to the right. It was the third Fokker nearby hospital for medical treatment. London, Jul 8 — A press report, Friendship operated by PIA to have dated Jul 6, states: The three people crashed since 1970. PIA officials said COLLISION, LAKE COMO, ITALY killed in an aircraft crash on Block there were no plans to ground the London, July 12 — A press report, Island yesterday have been identified. remaining six Fokkers in the fleet and dated today, states: The salvage of the William P. Homan, his wife, Valerie, all of the planes, including the one seaplane which sunk yesterday and mother, Betty, were killed in the that crashed, were airworthy. evening after crashing into another crash of the four-seat private aircraft. However, airlines’ pilots demanded an plane in the Como Gulf, near Villa A spokeswoman for the state immediate phasing-out of the Fokkers, Flori, concluded late last night. The Department of Health says the which are due to be replaced in any accident, which happened at around medical examiner’s office found the case. PIA is replacing the Fokkers 2030 hrs, involved a Cessna 172 from cause of death was multiple traumatic with ATR 42-500 aircraft from Avions the Aeroclub Como as it was landing, injuries due to blunt force impact. de Transport Regional — a joint and a vintage Caproni Ca 1000 Federal investigators still aren’t sure venture between France-based seaplane, build in 1935 and owned by what caused the aircraft crash. An European Aeronautic Defense and Caproncino. According to reports, the investigator with the National Space Company and Italy’s Alenia wooden vintage plane, when landing , Transportation Safety Board says Aeronautica. One of the new planes struck into the wing of the Cassna Homan owned the aircraft for 15 has already been delivered and six flown by Fabio Corno, who has not years. more are due by mid-2007, PIA able to avoid the impact. Fortunately spokesman Hasan Jaffery said. — none of those on board, two pilots and CRASH, GEORETOWN, TEXAS, Reuters. two passengers, were injured. The UNITED STATES Karachi, Jul 12 — Pakistan Caproni immediately sunk. Rescue London, Jul 11 — A press report, government today decided to ground squads and firemen arrived on the dated Jul 10, states: Texas Authorities all Fokker aircraft for passenger scene immediately, in addition to the say two men escaped serious injury service by state owned Pakistan police. after their small plane crashed into International Airlines (PIA) with some trees in a Georgetown yard. The immediate effect. According to an CRASH INTO NORTH ATLANTIC single-engine plane ended up — official statement, the Federal Cabinet OCEAN vertical — in the trees. Williamson headed by Prime Minster Shaukat London, Jul 8 — A report, dated County officials say the men were Aziz, has directed the Ministry of today, states: A S61 crashed near the trying to land the Piper Warrior Two Defence to propose immediately Canary Islands at 0930 yesterday. It at Georgetown Municipal Airport alternate measures to provide air departed from Gran Canaria Airport when the accident happened service to remote areas through C-130 for a fire fighting mission on La yesterday. The plane came to rest in or other aircraft. Fokker F 27 flight Palma. It crashed 2 1/2 miles out of the yard of Gerald Fay, whose wife PF-688 (AP-BAL) of Pakistan the coast. According to a maritim called 9-1-1 when the couple noticed International Airlines (PIA), crashed officer the S61 did not hit anything the two people on board crawling out on Jul 10, while operating from before it went down. Four people died of the wreckage. The cause of the Multan to Lahore in southern Punjab and two are missing. Rescue services crash is still to be determined.

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CRASH, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, burned. No other people were on determined on further investigation.” UNITED STATES board. Friday’s accident was the latest Police say the runway on Nguiu See N81645. in a spate of air crashes over the last remains closed. year in the vast central African CRASH, KIGOMA AREA, country. EMERGENCY LANDING, TANZANIA London, Jul 9 — A press report, CEDAR CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT, Dar es Salaam, Jul 12 — A United dated Jul 8, states: Three Russians UNITED STATES Nations aircraft flying from the and two citizens of the Democratic London, Jul 12 — A press report, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Republic of Congo died when Antonov dated yesterday, states: A SkyWest crashed in Tanzania today, injuring 12 crashed in the east of the country, Airlines flight traveling from St. one of five crew members, officials said an airport spokesperson today, George to Salt Lake City had to make said. The aircraft, a Lockheed 382, giving an updated toll. “The three an emergency landing at about 1815, was flying into the airport in Kigoma, Russian crew members, a Congolese tonight when it encountered an oil 1080 kms north-west of the agent and a Congolese passenger died. pressure problem in one of its engines. commercial capital Dar es Salaam, They were the only people on board. Sabrena Suite, manager of corporate when it crashed off one of the airport’s There were no survivors,” said Bikoro communications with SkyWest, said runways. “The plane operates between Nakaziba, director of Goma airport in the pilots were forced to shut down the Kigoma, Kisangani (DRC) and other the North Kivu region. Charred left engine and decided to divert the places,” Kigoma regional police corpses were pulled from the aircraft, flight to Cedar City Regional Airport. Commander Patrick Byatao said. “It operated by the DRC private company While the aircraft did blow a tyre upon had a captain and four crew members. Mango Airlines, after it had crashed landing, all passengers appeared to be One of the crew members was injured near Sake, about 20 km from Goma. unhurt as they disembarked in Cedar and he is receiving treatment.” An Nakaziba said the cause of the crash City. The flight was in the air for official from the Tanzania Civil was not known but the black box flight about 27 minutes, Suite said. The Aviation said the plane was reported recorder had been recovered and its airline is sending a maintenance crew to have descended and gone 100 data would be examined. The United to Cedar City to make repairs, and a metres off a runway at the airport. Nations-backed Okapi radio station different plane was being sent to The crash took place at about 1515, said the aircraft had had engine Cedar City to pick up the passengers. local time. Byatao said the aircraft failure and struck a hill as it lost belonged to TransAfric Limited and altitude. It said the aircraft’s heavy EMERGENCY LANDING, chartered by the United Nations for cargo of vehicle parts and oil drums CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH flights into DRC. — Reuters. had caught fire on impact. Karachi, Jul 9 — A DC-10 aircraft of state owned airline-Biman Bangladesh CRASH, SAKE AREA, CRASH, TEPIC AREA, MEXICO Airlines made an emergency landing DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF London, Jul 12 — A press report, at Shah Amanat International Airport CONGO dated Jul 11, states: Four children in Chittagong on Jul 7. It was reported London, Jul 8 — A press report, were killed along with the pilot when the aircraft suffered technical dated Jul 7, states: At least one person a small aircraft crashed in western difficulties in one of its landing gears was killed today when a cargo aircraft Mexico, emergency official Hugo while landing at the airport. It took belonging to private airline Mango Huerta said today. The aircraft more than nine hours to rectify the Airlines crashed in the east of the crashed into a mango field near Tepic, fault which was fixed at about 2310. Democratic Republic of Congo, UN- 390 miles north-west of Mexico City, Later, the aircraft took off from Shah sponsored Okapi radio said. A charred on Saturday (Jul 8). The children were Amanat International Airport for body was pulled from the wreckage of between the ages of 10 and 14 years Dubai. — Lloyd’s List Correspondent. the aircraft by residents of the region old. The aircraft crashed just a few of Sake, a village situated around 20 minutes after take-off, appearing to EMERGENCY LANDING, km from Goma, the regional capital of drop out of the sky, Huerta said. There CRIMEAN PENINSULA, UKRAINE North Kivu, the radio station reported. was no evidence of mechanical failure London, Jul 11 — An aircraft Officials at Goma airport confirmed and officials were investigating carrying the Russian Navy chief crash- the crash of the Antonov aircraft but whether something struck the aircraft landed in an airport in Ukraine’s did not say what caused the aircraft to while it was flying. Crimean Peninsula after engine crash or confirm the final death toll. failure, Russian news agencies said Director of Goma airport Bikoro CRASH, TIWI ISLANDS, yesterday. A Tu-134 aircraft carrying a Nakaziba said: “The aircraft did not AUSTRALIA General Naval Staff delegation headed have passengers. We do not yet know London, Jul 11 — A press report, by Chief Commander Admiral how many crewmembers there were. dated today, states: An aircraft has Vladimir Masorin who visited the There are apparently no survivors.” crashed on take off on the Tiwi Crimea to watch the exercise of rescue The aircraft had left Goma shortly Islands, about 80 kilometres north of teams of Russia’s Black SeaFleet had after 1400 hrs for Kisangani in the Darwin. A female pilot was the only an engine failure after takeoff. “The north-east of the country without person on board the Piper Chieftan, jet took off from Gvardeisky airdrome experiencing problems, he said. which crashed at the Nguiu airstrip on near Sevastopol. A few minutes after London, Jul 8 — A press report, Bathurst Island at about 0900, ACST. takeoff, one of the engines went faulty dated today, states: Three Russian The pilot was not hurt but the and the chief pilot decided to make an crew members and one Congolese were Australian Transport Safety Bureau emergency landing,” a defense source killed when a cargo plane crashed in says the aircraft, which is owned by was quoted by the Itar-Tass news eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Direct Air, is badly damaged. Direct agency as saying. An engine caught the latest in a series of air crashes in Air’s marketing manager Gray Smithe fire but on one was killed in the the African nation. The Russian made says the company is thankful no one incident, the source said. Admiral Antonov-12 aircraft, which is widely was hurt. “Direct Air’s main priority Masorin was unhurt, but several used in the Congo, crashed yesterday as a company is safety and we’re keen officers were injured by the fire. at about 1600 during a flight from the to establish what happened and we’ll eastern border town of Goma to be working with any authorities to try EMERGENCY LANDING, IRKUTSK, Kisangani. Paluku Acille, a senior to find out the cause of the problem,” RUSSIA civil aviation official in Congo’s North he said. The Civil Aviation Safety London, Jul 13 — A press report, Kivu province said, We don’t know Authority (CASA) says there is no dated today, states: An A-350 airliner exactly what happened but four crew obvious cause of the crash. CASA’s with 170 passengers on board made members were killed when the plane Michelle Harris says the plane is emergency landing in Irkutsk at about hit a hill.Acille said, rescuers found badly damaged. “At this stage it’s not 0700, Moscow time, today, the regional the plane completely destroyed and known weather the accident was a anti-crisis centre of the Russian the bodies of the three Russian and result of pilot or technical error,” she Ministry of Emergency Situations one Congolese crew members badly said. “That’s something that will be said. According to the centre

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32 Aviation spokesperson, the crew of the liner en of the aircraft,” he said. The was among the survivors. A number of route Moscow-Irkutsk reported to Prosecutor-General’s Office said that foreigners were among the passengers ground services that the plane was investigators considered a technical on flight 778 according to a list depressurised an hour before landing. fault or human error as the two most published. These included several with After that the airliner flew in circles likely versions of the crash, news Chinese names. The German consulate over two hours in order to run out agencies reported. Rescue workers in Novosbirsk confirmed that one fuel. who were sifting through the wreckage German national survived. Three more of the aircraft so far had found 118 unlisted people were also thought to EMERGENCY LANDING, bodies, said a duty officer at the have been on board. The 220-seater jet SIMFEROPOL, UKRAINE Ministry’s regional branch. Interfax was built in 1987 and clocked up London, Jul 11 — A Sibir Airline A- and ITAR-Tass reported that around 52,000 flying hours on more than 310 airliner has made an emergency 150 people had died, quoting a 10,000 flights, said Airbus, which landing in the nearby city of preliminary toll from the regional announced it was sending a team of Simferopol. The aircraft requested prosecutor’s office and transport experts to Russia to assist the landing in Simferopol in the early ministry. Russian television pictures investigation. morning hours of yesterday because of showed the wreckage of the aircraft, London, Jul 10 — A press report, an engine malfunction, a source at the which crashed into one-story garage dated Jul 9, states: A failure of brakes Ukrainian Emergency Situations facilities on the airport perimeter on a wet runway was the possible Ministry press center was quoted by after ploughing through the two-meter cause of the crash of a Russian Airbus Interfax. No one was injured, the high concrete barrier, with a plume of A310 (F-OGYP) in Siberia which killed source added. smoke pouring from it. The aircraft at least 122 people, initial reports came to halt only a short distance suggested. The S7 Airlines flight from F-OGYP away from a number of small Moscow ran out of control after London, Jul 9 — A press report, residential houses.The Ministry’s landing at Irkutsk this morning and dated today, states: A Russian Airbus regional branch said that 54 people hit a building. Latest reports said 70 A-310, (F-OGYP) carrying 200 people, were injured in the crash, of whom 47 of the 204 on board survived; 12 were many of them holidaymakers, crashed were hospitalized with burns. It took still missing. Russian President during a domestic flight to Siberia five emergency services more than two Vladimir Putin has expressed his today, killing most of those on board, hours to extinguish the flames, condolences to the families of the dead news agencies said. The Airbus A-310 Andrianova said. The Ekho Moskvy and called for a national day of crashed and exploded into flames after radio station, quoting local reports, mourning tomorrow. Many of the landing in the city of Irkutsk following said that about a ton of fuel had passengers were travelling to the a 5,000 km night flight from Moscow, remained in the aircraft, causing two nearby popular holiday destination of emergency services said. A total of 192 explosions.The Transport Minister Lake Baikal. Eight of those confirmed passengers and eight crew were on said that the aircraft’s two black boxes dead were children. The airline said board flight number 778 when it had been recovered and were being one German, an Azeri and three overshot the runway on landing in deciphered. Levitin added that the Chinese were among the dead. The Irkutsk, and slammed into a concrete pilot had radioed ground control to say aircraft — operated by S7, known wall and buildings nearby at 0250, the aircraft had landed safely and until recently as Sibir Airlines — Moscow time. “Fifty-five of those on then communication cut off. overshot the runway, crashing through board have been taken to hospital. Up London, Jul 9 — A press report, a concrete wall and hitting a building to now, 65 bodies have been dated today, states: At least 124 close to the airfield. It then broke up recovered,” a spokeswoman for passengers and crew died when a and burst into flames. Transport Russia’s emergencies ministry said. Russian Airbus A-310 (F-OGYP raced Minister Igor Levitin said the pilots Earlier, Interfax news agency quoted a out of control while landing and burst had reported a successful landing to source at the prosecutor’s office in into flames today in the eastern air traffic controllers but then contact Irkutsk as saying only 43 people had Siberian city of Irkutsk. The Sibir (S7) was lost. An official told RIA-Novosti been taken to hospital and the rest airline jet arriving from Moscow with news agency that the aircraft’s had perished. The dead included the 200 people on board overshot the hydraulic braking system appeared to eight-member crew, Interfax said. runway at 2244 yesterday, smashed have failed. “The information we have Many of those on board were through a concrete fence, struck shows that after landing, when the holidaymakers bound for a vacation on garages and caught fire. Revising an aircraft put on the thrust reverser, Lake Baikal, Itar-Tass news agency earlier figure of 55 survivors, there was a failure in the braking said. Only the aircraft’s tail section prosecutors said 71 people escaped system that led other mechanisms in was left intact. Around 600 rescue from the wreckage through the rear of the system to break down,” he said. workers were at the scene. Rescue the jet, many of them seriously The deputy director of the Gromov teams, working in rainy weather and injured. The front of the fuselage was Flight Research Institute, Anatoly poor visibility, used cutting equipment completely destroyed by the blaze, Kochur, agreed that failure of the to recover bodies from the smouldering which took firefighters three hours to reverser was the most likely cause of wreckage. “We can confirm that the extinguish. Investigators were trying the crash. Moisture on the runway aircraft crashed on landing and caught to establish how the plane went out of may have compounded the problem fire,” a spokesman for Sibir, the control after the pilot told ground rendering the aircraft in effect company that operated the aircraft, controllers that it had landed, said uncontrollable, he told Interfax news said. Russian Transport Minister Igor agency. The cause of the crash would London, Jul 9 — A press report, Levitin. ‘What we do know is that the be established for sure after dated today, states: A Russian Airbus aircraft shot off the runway in rain,’ examination of the two flight A-310 (F-OGYP) burst into flames he said, adding that experts would recorders, officials said. The cabin was after it crashed on landing in the examine the drive mechanism and wrecked and passengers had to be Siberian city of Irkutsk early today, other systems for faults. Pilot error evacuated via the rear of the aircraft. killing at least 118 people. Russian was also not excluded as a possible Ten of them leapt from the aircraft news agencies said the death toll could cause. One passenger said, the jet set after a stewardess opened an be close to 150. Transport Minister down smoothly after the 5,000- emergency exit. Others were brought Igor Levitin said the crash happened kilometre flight before it rapidly out by rescuers. Most of those treated on a wet runway after rain. He told accelerated again and hurtled off the in hospital had suffered burns. The Russian state television Rossiya that end of the runway.Rescuers searching fire took three hours to put out, the aircraft appeared to have skidded the wreck for missing persons authorities said. off the runway becauseof the wet recovered the flight recorders and sent London, Jul 10 — Airbus A.310-324, conditions. “The aircraft veered off the them to Moscow for examination. The F-OGYP, operated by Sibir Airlines, runway. There was rain, the landing Airbus was carrying an eight-member Sibir flight 778 departed Domodeovo strip was wet. So we’ll have to check crew and 192 or 193 passengers, (DME) at night for a flight to Irkutsk the clutch and the technical condition according to conflicting reports. A pilot (IKT). On board were eight crew

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33 Aviation members, 193 passengers and three had boarded left the aircraft to wait N40ST persons that were not on the flight for another aircraft, he said. The London, Jul 11 — A press report, manifest. Weather at Irkutsk was damaged aircraft was taken to an on- dated Jul 10, states: A small plane poor. It was raining, overcast clouds at site maintenance hangar. Alaska did crashed and burned this afternoon 600 feet and a thunderstorm in the not have a spare aircraft at the near Easton, along Interstate 90, area. The Airbus landed on runway 30 airport at the time, but when a killing the pilot, the Federal Aviation (concrete, 3165 m / 10343 feet long) Boeing 737-400 became available a Administration said. The male pilot, but failed to stop on the runway at few hours later, the 120 passengers who was the only person on board, had about 0750, Jul 9. Preliminary reports on Flight 464 proceeded to Ontario, radioed that he was having difficulty indicate that the aircraft overran the Calif. They arrived at their maintaining altitude and was runway at high speed, collided with a destination about three hours and 20 diverting to the Easton airstrip, said concrete barrier and burst into flames. minutes late, McElroy said. The Cynthia Emery, an FAA duty officer in At 1600, Moscow time, Jul 9, it was airline and the Port of Seattle are Renton. The plane was a Piper PA-31- reported that 122 bodies have been working to determine what caused 350 operated by Airpac, a freight line, recovered. Seventy occupants have the jetway to rise, McElroy sai, Emery said. It was flying from survived the accident. It is feared that whether it was a mechanical failure Spokane to Boeing Field. the remaining twelve occupants died or human error. No one was at the London, Jul 11 — Piper PA 31-350, in the accident, bringing the presumed jetway controls when it began to rise, N40ST, operated by Pioneer Leasing death toll to 134. “but an alarm goes off when that Inc., on a flight from Spokane, London, Jul 13 — A press report, happens,” and the jetway was lowered Washington, to Seattle, reported dated Jul 11, states: One individual by airline staff, he said. engine problems, diverted, and who was on board the Airbus A310 (F- crashed while attempting a forced OGYP) which crashed at Irkutsk N1800Z landing in a residential area at Airport on Sunday (Jul 9) remains London, Jul 13 — A press report, Easton, Washington, at 0045, local unaccounted for, Russian Deputy dated Jul 12, states: Federal aviation time, Jul 11. The one person on board Transportation Minister Boris Korol, a investigators said they found nothing was fatally injured. The aircraft was deputy head of the government wrong with the surviving engine parts destroyed. commission investigating the incident, or propeller of a Beechcraft Bonanza said today. The bodies of 21 victims of A36TC (N1800Z)which crashed and N4780D the crash have been turned over to burned on a residential street last London, Jul 7 — Cessna 182A, their relatives, Korol said. In addition, week, killing both men on board. “We N4780D, privately operated, with four biological samples have been taken know it came down because of a loss of persons on board, crashed under from 107 people to carry out a DNA power; why it lost power, we don’t unknown circumstances short of the analysis of the remains, he said. At know,” National Transportation Safety airport at Jackson, Missouri, at 1635, present, 123 bodies and six body parts Board investigator Arnold Scott said local time, Jul 6. The aircraft are at the morgue, he said. this week. Scott said the fuel pumps, sustained substantial damage. fuel manifold, most of the aircraft’s G-BNDO wiring and other components were N5012S London, Jul 12 — A press report, destroyed by the fire. London, Jul 6 — Piper PA-28-200R dated today, states: A light aircraft N5012S crashed near Block Island, flipped over in a crash-landing in a Rhode Island, at 1925, Jul 5. The N201GZ aircraft was destroyed. The three wheat field. The two-seat aircraft just London, Jul 11 — Mooney M20J, persons on board were killed. missed a grain store and power lines N201GZ, landed gear up at Shelton, last night near Wick Farm, Layer Washington at 0321, Jul 9. Damage to Marney, Essex. The pilot was the aircraft is substantial. N50CV uninjured and his passenger suffered London, Jul 12 — Cessna 560 bruising to his lower abdomen from a Citation V, N50CV, operated by River seatbelt. They were flying at 1,800 ft N3380W City Flying Service, approached London, Jul 9 — A press report, when smoke was seen coming from the Ravalli County Airport following a 90- engine. The men decided to make an dated Jul 8, states: Three people were minute flight gtom Visalia (VIS). The emergency landing and managed to believed to have been killed and two pilot attempted to land on runway 34. avoid buildings and power lines and were critically injured after a Piper The Citation could not be stopped on came down into a crop field. The PA-32 aircraft crashed into a house in the runway and overran at 1045, Jul aircraft nose dug into the ground on north Georgia today, authorities said. 10. The nose gear collapsed and the landing and it flipped over onto its The Piper 32 crashed around 1250 hrs, aircraft came to rest in a marsh, some roof. said Union County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt 100 metres past the runway. London, Jul 12 — Cessna 152, G- Hromalik. The victims had all been on BNDO, operated by Simair Ltd., board the aircraft. The aircraft was N56824 crashed in a field at Layer Marney, coming from Hilton Head Island, S.C., London, Jul 8 — A press report, Essex, yesterday evening. The two and overshot the runway while trying dated today, states: A Piper Cherokee men on board sustained minor to land at High Valley Airport in PA-32 that took off from Bend, Ore., injuries. Suches, said Laura Brown, a with a family of five aboard made an spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation emergency landing about 1425 INCIDENT AT SEATTLE-TACOMA Administration. Hromalik said he yesterday on a salt flat near the Great INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, believed three were killed and two Salt Lake. The aircraft went down in UNITED STATES others are in critical condition. One Tooele County, about 19 miles west of London, Jul 9 — A press report, passenger was airlifted to Erlanger Salt Lake City International Airport, dated Jul 8, states: An Alaska Airlines Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., said Holly Baker, a Federal Aviation flight to California was delayed more while the other was sent to Grady Administration spokeswoman. No one than three hours today at Seattle- Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The was injured. A medical helicopter flew Tacoma International Airport when a aircraft was registered to MASI, a a woman and three children from the jetway used to board the aircraft rose technology company in Hilton Head, site, about nine miles west of the 6 to 12 inches and scraped the body of according to the FAA Web site. Great Salt Lake Marina, to the Million the aircraft, an airline spokesman London, Jul 11 — Piper PA-32-260 Air terminal at the airport, then said. The device damaged the paint (Cherokee Six) N3380W crashed near returned for the pilot, Tooele County and left a shallow crease in the skin of Suches, Georgia, at 1650, Jul 8, while Deputy Eric McCollum said. While the the MD-80, and maintenance on a flight from Hilton Head, South FAA had not determined the reason personnel decided to take the aircraft Carolina, to Suches. The aircraft was for the emergency landing, McCollum out of operation, said airline destroyed. Three of the five persons on said the aircraft had a fuel problem. spokesman Paul McElroy. There were board were killed and the other two The aircraft’s left main gear and left no injuries. The 60 passengers who were seriously injured. wing tip were slightly damaged, Baker

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34 Aviation said. The FAA did not release the N8025Q residential area at Georgetown, names of the pilot or the four London, Jul 11 — A press report, Texas, at 1926, local time, Jul 10. The passengers. According to FAA records, dated Jul 10, states: A plane crashed aircraft sustained substantial it is registered to Jeremy Roberts of this afternoon in the Colorado River damage. Taylorsville. north of Lake Havasu. No fatalities London, Jul 11 — Piper PA-32-300 are being reported after the single- N96758 (Cherokee Six) N56824 made an engine airplane went down in Jopp’s London, Jul 9 — A press report, emergency landing on salt flats west Harbor Cove. The crash happened just dated Jul 8, states: At least one person of Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1803, Jul 7, before 1730 hrs. Radio transmissions was injured this afternoon when a while on a flight to Salt Lake City. The from emergency personnel report Taylorcraft, BC-12 D Model, N96758, aircraft sustained minor damage. there was a fire in the cockpit and the crashed between two homes near Gold None of the five persons on board was pilot ditched the plane in the river. Hill Airport. The pilot was taken to injured. The pilot and a passenger then Winston-Salem for treatment. A reportedly escaped just prior to the witness on the scene said it appeared N78MB plane bursting into flame.The Lake the pilot was practicing “touch-and-go” London, Jul 12 — A press report, Havasu City Fire Department manoeuvers. He said it appeared the dated Jul 11, states: A small aircraft responded to the fire with their pilot had rudder problems and couldn’t crashed behind a home in Virginia fireboat. turn the aircraft. Beach today, killing both people on London, Jul 11 — Seawind 3000, experimental, N8025Q, with two crew, board, state police said. No one on the N9841Q shortly after departure, reported an ground was hurt and there was no London, Jul 12 — A press report, damage to homes or buildings in the in-flight fire and force landed in the dated Jul 11, states: A recent graduate area, not far from Norfolk Colorado River, three miles southwest International Airport, state police of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, at 0020, of Bowling Green State University spokesman Sgt D.S. Carr said. Dan local time, Jul 10. The aircraft was piloting an aerial-advertising aircraft Foster said he heard the aircraft’s destroyed. (N9841Q) for a Lake Township engine sputtering before the crash. “It company was killed this morning was in trouble. I knew it,” Foster told N8163Q when the plane struck power lines, WVEC-TV of Norfolk. “No sooner did I London, Jul 12 — A press report, then crashed onto an entrance ramp turn around than the aircraft came dated today, states: A prominent for US 22 in Steubenville, Ohio. Scott down through the trees.” township businessman was seriously M. Holland, 22, of North Ridgeville in London, Jul 12 — Beech 23 injured yesterday when his aircraft Lorain County, Ohio, was pronounced Musketeer, N78MB, shortly after take- crashed in a soybean field in dead at the scene of the crash by Dr. off, crashed in a residential area at Edgewater, Maryland. The Anne John Metcalf, the Jefferson County, Virginia Beach, Virginia, at 1532, local Arundel County Fire Department Ohio, coroner. Mr. Holland was flying time, Jul 11. The two persons on board identified the pilot as Ralph E. Dilks to Allegheny County Airport near were fatally injured. The aircraft was of Upper Township. Dilks flew his Pittsburgh, apparently with the destroyed. single-engine aircraft (N8163Q) out of intention of flying aerial ads over London, Jul 13 — A press report, a fog-shrouded Ocean City early tonight’s Major League All-Star Game dated Jul 12, states: Investigators yesterday morning about 107 miles to at PNC Park, said Jefferson County from the National Transportation Lee Airport on the outskirts of Sheriff Fred Abdalla. The single- Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Annapolis. But on approach to the engine Piper aircraft owned by Drake Administration and the Virginia State runway, his aircraft crashed in a field Aerial Enterprises LLC, doing Police today continued sifting through 100 yards away. Dilks was flying solo. business as Air America Aerial the wreckage of a Beechcraft The Anne Arundel County Fire Advertising, 25228 Bradner Rd., Musketeer 23 (N78MB) that crashed Department said the accident into the backyard of a suburban home happened at 0943 yesterday. crashed onto the entrance ramp at the yesterday, killing the pilot and a Witnesses told investigators the John Scott exit of US 22 just west of passenger. Leah Yeager, an NTSB aircraft, a four-seat Cirrus SR22, was central Steubenville, Sheriff Abdalla investigator based in Arlington, approaching the privately run Lee said. No-one else was on the plane and Texas, said she hoped to conclude a Airport when it crashed and broke no vehicles on the highway were preliminary examination of the crash apart 300 feet to the side of the struck when the aircraft hit the by tomorrow. She said her runway. The aircraft was destroyed entrance ramp after striking struck investigation would not result in any with debris coming to rest in two power lines above the highway, he conclusion as to the cause of the sections. Lee Airport was closed for said. Sheriff Abdalla said the aircraft crash, but would include factual data about four hours yesterday. Van Lee, took off at 0930 hrs from Toledo about such factors as the mechanical the airport manager, said Dilks filed Metcalf Field in Lake Township. condition of the aircraft, the weather an instrument flight plan from Ocean Investigators found banners for the at the time of the crash and the pilot’s City in Cape May County to Hooters restaurant chain and other record. “We do want to make sure Edgewater, Md. Federal investigators businesses in the aircraft, Sheriff we’re very thorough in our were on the scene interviewing Abdalla said, but were unable to investigation,” Yeager said. “We want witnesses. A spokeswoman with the immediately determine if the FAA had to make sure we’re looking at all the Federal Aviation Administration said given required clearance for the plane pieces. We want to see that the entire the aircraft was registered to a to fly over PNC Park during the All- aircraft is accounted for.” A final company called Dilks Aircraft based in Star Game. Sheriff Abdalla said the crash report will be submitted to the Marco Island, Fla. The National cause of the crash has not yet been governing board of the NTSB within Transportation Safety Board is determined, but the aircraft had just investigating the accident. the next six to nine months, Yeager passed Jefferson County’s airport in said. A representative of the aircraft’s London, Jul 12 — Cirrus SR22, Wintersville, Ohio, without any manufacturer, Beechcraft of Wichita, N8163Q, operated by Dilks Aircraft Kansas, and the manufacturer of the LLC, on flight from Ocean City, New indication of problems. The sheriff’s aircraft’s engine, Lycoming of Jersey, to Annapolis, on approach to office, Ohio Highway Patrol, and FAA Williamsport, Pennsylvania, were on land, struck a tree and crashed into a are investigating. the scene this morning to assist in the field at Annapolis, Maryland, at 1355, London, Jul 12 — Piper PA-18-135, investigation. The aircraft was based Jul 11. N9841Q, operated by Drake Arial at Landmark Aviation, which provides Enterprises LLC DBA, struck facilities and services for small N81645 powerlines and crashed at private aircraft at Norfolk London, Jul 11 — Piper PA-28RT- Steubenville, Ohio, at 1545, local time, International Airport, said Wayne 201T, N81645, privately operated, Jul 11. The one person on board was Shank, the airport’s deputy executive while performing pattern work, lost fatally injured. The aircraft was director. power and force landed in a substantially damaged.

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35 Product Recalls/Port Conditions

2115592; Cement Downpour (Grey), operation with the CPSC. SKUs 2118150, 2118176, 2118189; Temperatures in the framing header Cement Biscotti (Khaki), SKUs area above these fireplaces can get too 2115523, 2115536, 2115549; and high, posing a fire hazard. Heat & Glo Cement Citrus Cilantro (Green), SKUs has received a report of one incident 2115499, 2115508, 2115510. resulting in property damage that may Manufactured in Guatemala, the be related to this hazard. No injuries candles were sold by Pier 1 Imports have been reported. The recall through its retail stores nationwide, involves the Heat & Glo Twilight II ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, its web site (www.pier1.com) and its and IIB indoor/outdoor see-through UNITED STATES Summer 2006 catalogue from gas fireplaces. The model name, London, Jul 7 — A press release, February 2006 through to May 2006 Twilight II or IIB, can be found by issued by the U.S. Consumer Product for between $10 and $20. looking at the bottom right side of the Safety Commission, dated Jul 3, inside of the control compartment of states: Approximately 11,300 COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES, the inside portion of the fireplace. Bombardier Model Year 2006 UNITED STATES Manufactured in Canada, the recalled Outlander 650 and 800 ATVs and Can- London, Jul 7 — A press release, products were sold by fireplace stores AM Model Year 2007 Outlander 650 issued by the U.S. Consumer Product and distributors nationwide from July ATVs have been voluntarily recalled Safety Commission, dated Jul 6, 2005 through to April 2006 for about by Bombardier Recreational Products, states: The U.S. Consumer Product $3,700. of Quebec, Canada in co-operation Safety Commission, in co-operation with the CPSC. The operator could with Lexar Media Inc., of Fremont, TOYOTA MOTOR VEHICLES, ride with their foot engaging the rear Calif. , today announced a voluntary UNITED STATES brake without noticing. This can cause recall of the approximately 66,000 London, Jul 11 — A press report, the rear brake to overheat and Lexar JumpDriveÆ FireFly and 1GB dated yesterday, states: Toyota is possibly ignite, posing a risk of serious Secure II. The recalled JumpDrivesÆ recalling about 157,000 Indiana-built injury or death. BRP has received FireFly and Secure II products could pickups because they lack a major eight reports of fire caused by the rear overheat, posing a risk of burns to safety feature. The recall applies to brake overheating and igniting. No consumers and property damage. No 2003-2005 model year Tundra pickups injuries have been reported. incidents or injuries have been that allow drivers to shut off front Bombardier brand Model Year 2006 reported. The recalled drives are high passenger airbags. The airbag, which Outlander 650 and 800 ATVs and speed flash drives used to store, can harm a small child, is turned off Some Can-Am brand Model Year 2007 transfer and carry data from one when a child in a safety seat sits in Outlander 650 ATVs. Serial numbers computer to another. This recall only the front. But the front seats of the are located on the front of the ATV on includes Lexar JumpDriveÆ FireFly Tundra Access Cab models lack the identification decal. The ATVs which is sold in various colours, and anchors for attaching child safety were available in yellow, green, red, Lexar JumpDriveÆ Secure II 1GB seats. “They totally forgot to design and camouflage. Manufactured in which has a metallic silver housing. that into the front seat for that Canada, the ATVs were sold at “Lexar” is embossed on the front of the particular cab design,” said Toyota Bombardier and Can-Am ATV dealers plastic housing and the capacity is spokesman Bill Kwong. Under nationwide from August 2005 through marked on the back. The part number National Highway Traffic Safety to June 2006 for between $7,900 and is located on the FireFly’s packaging, Administration regulations, airbag $10,400. and on the back of the Secure II 1GB deactivation switches are only allowed drive. Manufactured in China, the for vehicles with car-seat anchors in CANDLES, UNITED STATES recalled JumpDriveÆ Firefly drives front seats. Kwong said Toyota will London, Jul 7 — A press release, were sold at discount department, disable the deactivation switch in the issued by the U.S. Consumer Product office supply, and electronics stores, vehicles. Installing anchors in all Safety Commission, dated Jul 5, and by Web retailers, including vehicles would require replacing the states: The U.S. Consumer Product www.lexar.com, between April and seats, he said. Safety Commission, in co-operation May 2006 for between $30 and $110. with Home Fragrance Holdings Inc., The recalled JumpDriveÆ Secure II Houston, Texas, today announced a 1GB drive was sold exclusively at t voluntary recall of the approximately Fry’s Electronics in May 2006 for 413,000 Cement Candles. The candles about $80. can unexpectedly flare, posing a fire hazard to consumers.Home Fragrance GAS FIREPLACES, Holdings, Inc. has received nine UNITED STATES reports from Pier 1 Imports of London, Jul 7 — The following press incidents involving flaring of the release issued by the U.S. Consumer SYRIA candles. No injuries reported. The Product Safety Commission, dated Jul recalled candles are cylindrical pillars, Aleppo, Jul 9 — Waiting time 5, states: Approxiametly 1,550 Heat & presently 24 hours at Lattakia and with a sand layered base. The recalled Glo Twilight II and IIB Gas Fireplaces models are the Cement Aspen Flower three days at Tartous. — Lloyd’s have been voluntarily recalled by Heat Agents. (White), SKUs 2115564, 2115577, & Glo, of Lakeville, Minn., in co-

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36 Port Conditions

Port Delays (Information received from BIMCO, Denmark and Indian Ports Association, New Delhi)

Country/Port Date of report No. of vessels waiting and/or days delay

Australia Abbot Point 19-07-2006 Coal: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 waiting; 11 vessels due by 10/8; there will be a maintenance shutdown from 07.00 15/8 to 07.00 21/8; no vessels will be loaded during this period. Brisbane 19-07-2006 Coal: Fisherman Island coal berth: 4 vessels due by 12/8. Grain: 1 vessel due 28/7 to load wheat; no delays expected. Dalrymple Bay 19-07-2006 Coal: DBCT berth 1: 2 vessels waiting; 1 vessel due 13/8; DBCT berth 2: 1 vessel waiting; 2 vessels due by 17/7; DBCT berth 3: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; other vessels not scheduled: 12 vessels waiting; 32 vessels due by 1/8. Dampier 19-07-2006 Iron ore: Parker Point A berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 4 waiting; 10 vessels due by 4/8; Parker Point berth 2: 1 vessel berthed and loading; 11 vessels due by 24/7; Parker Point berth 3: 1 vessel due 17/7; East Intercourse Island: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 5 waiting; 7 vessels due by 29/7. Esperance 19-07-2006 Iron ore: 1 vessel waiting; 1 vessel due 23/7. Geraldton 19-07-2006 Iron ore: 1 vessel anchored; 4 vessels due by 1/8. Gladstone 19-07-2006 Coal: R.G. Tanna coal terminal: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 17 waiting; 37 vessels due by 4/9; shiploader 2 will be shut down for repairs and maintenance from 00.01 on 17/7 to 23.59 on 20/7; Barney Point: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 3 waiting; 9 vessels due by 15/10; shiploading operations will be shut down for maintenance from 10-15/7. Hay Point 19-07-2006 Coal: Berth 1: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; 7 vessels due by 22/7; Berth 2: 1 vessel berthed and loading; 4 vessels due by 19/7; there will be a maintenance shutdown from 24/7 to 2/8: 1 vessel due 22/7, not yet scheduled for berthing. Newcastle 17-07-2006 Jul 17: Coal: Kooragang 4, 5 and 6: 3 vessels berthed and loading, 12 waiting; 36 vessels due by 9/8; 6-10 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; 12 vessels off port awaiting berths; Dykes 4+5: 2 vessels berthed and loading, 4 waiting; 17 vessels due by 8/8; 7-10 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability; 4 vessels off port awaiting coal. Jul 19:Five vessels due by 22/7, all to load wheat; 2-7 days delay expected due to berth congestion and cargo availability. Port Hedland 19-07-2006 Iron ore: BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Mt. Newman (Nelson Point), “A” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; 5 vessels due by 26/7; a 40 hour shutdown for shiploader maintenance is underway; “B” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 2 waiting; 5 vessels due by 23/7; 7 other vessels due by 12/8, no e.t.a. received; BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Goldsworthy (Finucane Island) “C” berth: 1 vessel waiting; “D” berth: 1 vessel berthed and loading, 1 waiting; 5 vessels due by 25/7; Cockatoo Island: 1 vessel due 20/7. Port Kembla 17-07-2006 Jul 17:Coal: 13 vessels due by 15/8. Port Walcott 19-07-2006 Iron ore: 1 vessel berthed and completed loading, 1 loading; 6 vessels waiting;13 vessels due by 6/8; shippers currently experiencing shortage of product, which will affect berthing schedules.

Azerbaijan Apsheron 17-07-2006 Oil products: Three vessels discharging at berth (1 crude oil, 1 kerosene, 1 gasoil); 1 vessel due 17/7 to discharge crude oil. Baku 17-07-2006 Oil products: Azertrans terminal: Nobel Avenue: port open; no vessels; Sangachal District: port open; no vessels.

Bulgaria Bourgas 17-07-2006 Ten vessels in port operating, of which 4 loading (2 coils, 1 copper anodes, 1 gasoil), 6 discharging (1 scrap, 1 billets, 1 salt, 2 coal, 1 copper concentrate); 2 vessels in roads, of which 1 to load coils, 1 to discharge coils; 7 vessels due, of which 2 to load (1 steel sheets, 1 rebars), 5 to discharge (1 steel sheets, 1 manganese ore, 1 iron ore, 2 copper concentrate). Varna 17-07-2006 Varna East, Varna West, Electrical Power Station, Balchik: Conditions 10-16 July: Thirty-three vessels in port operating of which 18 loading (1 cigarettes in packing cases, 1 bulk barley, 2 bulk maize, 1 packed hardboard, 1 bulk wheat, 1 bulk sulphuric acid, 2 bulk clinker, 2 soda, 1 bulk cement, 1 equipment in packing cases, 1 scrap, 1 chamotte/silica sand, 1 chamotte/kaolin, 1 kaolin, 1 TSP), 7 discharging (4 bulk coal, 1 raw phosphate, 1 equipment in packing cases, 1 containers/equipment in packing cases), 8 discharging/loading containers; no vessels waiting in roads.

Cyprus Laranaca 18-07-2006 Two conventional vessels discharging at berth; no vessels due 19/7; no delays expected. Limassol 18-07-2006 Seven container vessels discharging/loading at berth; 2 container vessels, 4 passenger vessels due 19/7; no delays expected.

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37 Port Conditions Estonia Tallinn 17-07-2006 Paljassaare (formerly Kopli): Two vessels discharging at berth (1 malt, 1 other), no vessels waiting at anchorage; 2 vessels due, with 6 days berthing delay expected.

Georgia Batumi 17-07-2006 Oil products: Two vessels loading at berth (1 crude oil, 1 naphtha); 1 vessels in roads to load gasoil; 8 vessels due by 31/7, all to load (4 crude oil, 1 gasoil, 1 kerosene, 2 fuel oil). Poti 17-07-2006 Oil products: Port open; 2 vessels due by 20/7, both to load (1 gasoil, 1 jet fuel/kerosene). Supsa 17-07-2006 Oil products: Port open; 3 vessels due by 30/7, all to load crude oil.

India Kolkata 17-07-2006 7 vessels working at berth discharging (Containers-4, Logs, Passenger, General Cargo), 1 vessels waiting to discharge Edible Oil; 4 vessels under repair; 2 vessels under dry docked; 3 vessels due ( Logs, Lubricant Oil, General Cargo). Haldia 17-07-2006 14 vessels operating at berth of which 5 vessels loading ( Iron Ore-3, POL, Steel), 8 vessels discharging ( Coke-3, Net Coke, Met Coke-2, Soya, POL ), 1 vessel loading and discharging Containers; 9 vessels awaiting berth at anchorage ( 1 to discharge, 8 to load), 1 vessel waiting at anchorage( 1 to load, 1 to discharge); 6 vessels due ( Iron Ore, Containers, LPG, Crude, Thermal Coal, Rock Phosphate). Paradip 17-07-2006 6 vessels operating at berth of which 2 vessels loading ( Iron Ore, Thermal Coal), 4 vessels discharging ( Coking Coal, Lime Coke, Rock Phosphate, Phosphoric Acid); 4 vessels awaiting berth at anchorage ( 1 to discharge, 3 to load), 1 vessel waiting at anchorage to discharge ; 22 vessels due. Vizag 17-07-2006 12 vessels operating at berth of which 3 vessels loading ( Thermal Coal, POL Product, B.F. Slag), 8 vessels discharging ( Coking Coal-3, Iron Ore, Crude Oil, Steam Coal, Rock Phosphate, Sulphur), 1 vessel loading and discharging Containers; 5 vessels not ready to work and waiting at anchorage ( 2 to discharge, 3 to load ); 33 vessels due ( Iron Ore-5, Steel Cargo, Food Grains-2, Product Tankers, Urea, Coking Coal-9, Passengers, Containers-3, Timber, Anthracite Coal, Petroleum Coke, Methanol, Bauxite, Caustic Soda, Crude & Product Tankers-4). Chennai 17-07-2006 13 vessels operating at berth of which 7 vessels loading ( Granite Block-2, Sugar, Molasses, IOL, Iron Ore, Furance Oil), 4 vessels discharging (Steam Coal-3, Met Coke), 2 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 4 vessels loading and discharging Containers; 1 vessel awaiting berth at anchorage to load, 1 vessel not ready to work and waiting at anchorage to load ; 7 vessels due (Naphtha, Research, IOL, Cars, Passenger, Palm Oil & Containers). Tuticorin 17-07-2006 11 vessels operating at berth of which 4 vessels loading ( Sugar, General Cargo-3 ), 7 vessels discharging ( Logs, Thermal Coal-2, MOP, Rock Phosphate, DAP); 2 vessels awaiting berth at anchorage to discharge, 1 vessel not ready to work and waiting at anchorage to load. Cochin 17-07-2006 2 vessels operating at berth of which 1 vessel loading Furance Oil, 1 vessel discharging Crude. New Mangalore 17-07-2006 8 vessels operating at berth of which 4 vessels loading ( Iron Ore Fines-3, POL Product), 4 vessels discharging ( Containers, Urea, LPG, POL Crude); 5 vessels waiting at anchorage ( 1 to discharge, 4 to load); 20 vessels due (POL Product-4, POL Iron Ore Fines-8, Crude S. B. Oil, LPG, POL Product, Coal, Ammonia, Crude Palm Oil, Granite Stone ). Mormugao 17-07-2006 3 vessels operating at berth of which 2 vessels loading ( Iron Ore-2, Steel Slabs), 2 vessels working at midstream loading Iron Ore; 4 vessels under dry docked; 4 vessels due (Alumina, Coking Coal, Met Coke, Soft Coking Coal ). Mumbai 17-07-2006 21 vessels operating at berth of which 6 vessels loading (Bagged Sugar-2, Steel Cargo-3, POL), 10 vessels discharging (Steel Cargo-2, Peas in bulk, Plywood, Project Cargo, Palm Oil, Base Oil, MOP, POL-2), 5 vessels loading and discharging (Containers/ Steel, Project Cargo, Steel Cargo-2, Containers); 2 vessels discharging at midstream POL; 5 vessels awaiting berth at anchorage to discharge, 1 vessel not ready to work at anchorage to discharge, 2 vessels waiting at anchorage to load and discharge; 15 vessels under repairs/dry docked; 7 vessels under arrest; 39 vessels under laid up ( Berths not required for cargo operations); 31 vessels due ( Contaners-7, Oil, General Cargo-23). J.N.P.T. 17-07-2006 9 vessels operating at berth of which 2 vessels discharging Phosphoric Acid, Lubricant Oil, 7 vessels loading and discharging Containers. Kandla 17-07-2006 15 vessels operating at berth of which 4 vessels loading ( Salt, Rice, Pipes, Sugar ), 10 vessels discharging ( POL, Chemical-2, DSBO, Phosphoric Acid, St. Oils-2, Iron Scrap, Timber Logs, Steel Pipes), 1 vessel loading and discharging Containers, 2 vessels discharging at midstream ( Timber Logs, St. Cargo); 10 vessels awaiting berth at anchorage ( 5 to load, 5 to discharge), 14 vessels not ready to work at anchorage ( 7 to discharge, 7 to load); 1 vessel under dry docked; 1 vessel for towing.

Kazakhstan Aktau 17-07-2006 Oil products: Three vessels at berth, all loading crude oil; 3 vessel in roads, all to load; 2 vessels due by 17/7, both to load.

Pakistan Karachi 17-07-2006 Eleven vessels discharging at berth (1 crude oil, 2 general cargo, 1 peas, 3 sugar, 2 urea, 1 DAP, 1 MAP), 4 container vessels loading/discharging at berth; 2 container vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 6 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (1 crude oil, 1 chemicals, 2 containers, 1 SBM, 1 palm oil); 1 vessel under repairs/dry-docked; 1 container vessel due, with no berthing delays expected.

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Port Qasim 17-07-2006 One cement vessel loading at berth, 3 vessels discharging at berth (1 HSD, 1 palm oil, 1 iron ore), 1 container vessel loading/discharging at QICT berth; 3 container vessels waiting at anchorage to load, 8 vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge (3 containers, 1 canola, 1 sugar, 1 palm oil, 1 HSD, 1 chemicals).

Russia Novorossiysk 17-07-2006 Fifteen vessels in port operating, of which 11 loading (1 cement, 1 WRIC, 1 DRI, 1 wheat, 3 steel billets, 1 steel sheets, 1 slabs, 1 barley, 1 aluminium), 3 discharging (2 bulk sugar, 1 vegetable oil), 1 discharging/loading containers; no vessels waiting in roads; 62 vessels due, of which 60 to load (5 slabs, 3 DRI, 11 steel billets, 4 wheat, 2 cellulose, 2 pig-iron, 2 scrap, 2 barley, 1 steel billets/WRIC, 1 HBI, 2 coils, 1 WRIC/steel sheets/pipes, 4 aluminium, 1 bulk ammonium nitrate, 4 copper, 1 pipes/wire rods, 1 slabs/wire rods/steel sheets, 2 diesel oil, 1 H-beams/steel billets, 1 bulk NPK, 1 zinc/copper, 1 H- beams/tin plate/steel sheets/pipes, 1 bulk NPK/bulk fertiliser, 1 WRIC, 1 vegetable oil, 1 bulk cement, 1 steel billets/lead, 1 bulk ammonium nitrate/bulk NPK, 1 UAN solution), 2 to discharge (1 equipment, 1 debars); Oil terminal: 1 tanker berthed, loading crude oil; 3 tankers in roads, all to load crude oil; 3 tankers due, all to load, of which 2 crude oil, 1 fuel oil.

Slovenia Koper 18-07-2006 Port working normally; Seven vessels at berth of which 3 loading (1 general cargo, 2 grain/coal), 3 bulk carriers discharging cement/minerals, 1 vessel discharging/loading containers; 26 vessels due over the next 2 days of which 12 to load (6 steel products/sawn timber/paper products/general cargo, 4 coal,) 2 Ro/Ros to load trailers/general cargo), 5 bulk carriers to discharge coal/ore/grain, 2 tankers to discharge mineral oils, 7 to discharge/load

Spain Bilbao 18-07-2006 Twenty-four vessels operating (1 tanker, 24 other vessels), of which 5 loading, 14 discharging, 5 loading/discharging. Sagunto 18-07-2006 Twenty-one vessels in port operating, of which 3 loading (1 bulk fertiliser, 1 cement, 1 machinery), 16 discharging (11 steel products, 3 gas, 1 fruit, 1 machinery), 2 loading/discharging (1 steel products, 1 logs); no vessels outside commercial wharf; no berthing delays at present.

Sri Lanka Colombo 17-07-2006 Cargo operations at Sri Lanka Ports Authority operated berths are at present experiencing a “work to rule” by port workers which started 13/7. Delays are affecting all port users. Berthing/unberthing (pilotage) delays being experienced on breakbulk/conventional vessels. Delays to conventional vessels are due to the fact that container/feeder vessels are given priority at breakbulk berths if there is container congestion. Conventional cargo vessels at BQ 1 and 2 are facing navigation delays. Five container/feeder vessels loading at berth, 16 vessels discharging at berth (12 containers/feeders, 1 Ro/Ro, 1 bagged soya bean meal, 2 bulk cement); 11 container vessels waiting at anchorage to discharge; 5 vessels dry-docked; 6 contianer/feeder vessels due, with 1-2 days delay expected.

Turkmenistan Turkmenbashi 17-07-2006 Oil products: Port open; Three vessels loading at berth (1 gasoline, 2 fuel oil); 4 oil vessels in roads of which 3 to load (1 fuel oil, 1 gasoline, 1 other), 1 fuel oil vessel suspended; 2 vessels due by 18/7 to load. .

Ukraine Illichevsk 17-07-2006 Nine vessels in port operating, of which 7 loading (4 steel products, 2 iron ore concentrate, 1 sulphur), 1 discharging nickel ore, 1 loading/discharging containers; 5 vessel in roads, of which 4 to load (2 steel products, 1 pellets, 1 ferro nickel), 1 to load/discharge containers; 12 vessels due, of which 4 to load steel products, 1 to discharge tropical oil, 7 to load/discharge containers. Mariupol 17-07-2006 Eleven vessels in port operating, all loading, of which 8 steel, 1 fire-clay, 1 sunflower beans/husks; 17 vessels in roads, all to load, of which 14 steel, 2 fire-clay, 1 fire-clay/kaolin; 59 vessels due, of which 55 to load (30 steel, 10 coal, 10 fire-clay, 1 pitch, 1 ammonium nitrate, 2 kaolin, 1 ammonium saltpetre), 3 to discharge (1 heavy lift cargo/containers, 2 equipment), 1 to discharge/load containers/fire-clay. Odessa 17-07-2006 Nineteen vessels in port operating, of which 8 loading (2 scrap, 5 metal, 1 pig-iron), 6 discharging (3 luggage, 1 citrus, 1 wheat, 1 sand), 2 discharging/loading containers, 3 passenger vessels; 3 vessels in roads, of which 2 to load (1 wheat, 1 metal), 1 to load/discharge containers; 79 vessels due, of which 43 to load (38 metal, 1 pig-iron, 2 scrap, 1 ferro alloy, 1 coal), 5 to discharge (1 metal, 2 bananas, 1 ore, 1 general cargo), 31 to discharge/load containers.

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